Stoke City have agreed a fee of just over £1m with Jamaican side Portmore United for midfielder Rudolph Austin.
The Potters will now have to apply for a work permit if they are to bring the 22-year-old Jamaican international to the Britannia Stadium.
"It wasn't a straight forward negotiation with Portmore because we had some competition," chief executive Tony Scholes told BBC Radio Stoke.