Polish Under 21 international goalkeeper signed for a nominal fee from Górnik Zabrze.
Six foot four and 13 stone, the promising youngster caught the eye of George Burley while on trial with Hearts. The Pole has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Southampton.

The 21-year-old has so far won only one Under 21 cap but is a regular for the Poles at Under 19 level and came to the club highly recommended by goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster.

Bialkowski joined Gornik in 2002 and made his Polish League debut in October 2004 and made seven appearances for them before switching to Southampton where he quickly broke into the first-team at just 18.

He kept a clean sheet on his debut at home to Crystal Palace in January 2006 and had four shut-outs in his first six games before damaging cruciate ligaments in an FA Cup fifth round tie at Newcastle, an injury which put him out until September.

He played the final eight league games plus the first leg of the play-off semi-final in the 2006/07 campaign before manager George Burley opted for the experience of Kelvin Davis in the return at Pride Park where Saints lost on penalties.

Bartosz began the 2007-08 season still in the side but dropped back to the bench when Davis regained fitness. He sat out the final three months of the season after damaging a thumb which needed surgery.

In 2008/09 he appeared in all three rounds of the Carling Cup that Saints participated in but he was unable to dislodge Kelvin Davis in the Championship which prompted a loan spell at divisional rivals Ipswich Town towards the end of the campaign.