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Bolton Wanderers have signed Crawley Town forward Klaidi Lolos for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.

The 23-year-old scored 13 goals in 46 League Two appearances last season as the Red Devils won promotion via the play-offs.

Lolos started his career with Plymouth before dropping into non-league with Torquay and Oxford City.

"He's a very talented boy. He's aggressive with and without the ball but also extremely technical," boss Ian Evatt told BBC Radio Manchester., external

"He will give us options in games because he can play in multiple positions really well.

"I think there's improvement to come but I think he's a young player with a journey that has made him hungry."

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Bolton Wanderers have signed midfielder Scott Arfield on a one-year deal.

The experienced 35-year-old has played in the top three divisions of the English Football League, the Scottish Premiership and most recently in Major League Soccer after joining Charlotte in 2023.

He was part of Sean Dyche's Burnley side who won the Championship in 2016 as well as winning the Scottish Premiership in 2021 under Steven Gerrard at Rangers.

“Scotty has obviously had a very good career and was playing in a Europa League final not so long ago," Bolton manager Ian Evatt told the club's website, external.

"He's been playing regularly in the MLS and is still able to do the job.

"He wants to help us on the pitch but also off it. That experienced voice away from the staff is really going to help us."

Arfield is the Trotters fourth summer signing.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed midfielder Jay Matete on a season-long loan from Championship side Sunderland as well as VfL Bochum defender Jordi Osei-Tutu on a two-year deal.

Matete, 23, has twice won promotion from League One during his career, once with Sunderland and more recently with Plymouth Argyle during a loan spell in 2023.

He spent part of last season on loan with Oxford United during the turn of the year and made six appearances for the club.

Meanwhile, former Arsenal trainee Osei-Tutu, 25, has joined for an undisclosed fee, having spent two years with Bochum.

Prior to his move to Germany, Osei-Tutu had loan spells with Cardiff City, Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United.

"We were interested in him [Matete] before he went to Sunderland, so we’re very excited to be working with him now," Bolton boss Ian Evatt said., external

"He has been with teams that have been promoted out of this league for the last three years, so he has good experience in knowing what it takes, and he brings a different profile and skillset to our other midfielders."

Evatt said of Osei-Tutu:, external "For us to take a player from the Bundesliga is great and it’s brilliant that he’s bought into our project.

"Hopefully, he can show everyone what he can do and be a massive success.”

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Bolton Wanderers have completed the signing of John McAtee on a three-year deal from Luton Town.

The forward becomes the eighth player to join the club this summer.

McAtee, 25, spent last season on loan in League One at Barnsley, where he scored 15 goals in 45 appearances.

"It’s a huge signing for us as we’ve had to fight off a lot of competition to get him," Bolton manager Ian Evatt told the club's website, external.

McAtee, whose younger brother James is at Manchester City, never played a game for Luton, after a previous spell on loan at Grimsby Town before his Barnsley stint.

But he will now be part of a Bolton squad looking for promotion after last season's play-off final defeat by Oxford United at Wembley.

They kick off their season away to Leyton Orient on Saturday (17:30 BST).

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Wales midfielder Josh Sheehan has agreed a new contract to keep him at Bolton Wanderers until the summer of 2027.

Sheehan's current deal was due to run out at the end of this season, but he has signed on for two more years at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.

The 29-year-old joined Bolton from Newport County in the summer of 2021 and has made 124 appearances and scored 12 goals.

Sheehan has 10 Wales caps and he started both of the recent Nations League games at home to Iceland and away to Turkey.

Sheehan has been part of the Bolton side that reached the League One play-offs in each of the last two seasons and won the EFL Trophy in 2023.

The Whites are currently 11th in the table, but the midfielder - who has started 13 of Bolton's 14 league games - believes that he can be successful with Ian Evatt's side.

"I want to achieve things with this football club and this allows me an even greater opportunity to do that," he told the club's website, external.

“I believe this season can still be a successful one and hopefully that will only be the start of more good times for myself and the club.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed midfielder Joel Randall from Peterborough United on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

The 25-year-old began his career with Exeter City and came through their academy, going on to make 45 appearances for the club in all competitions.

Randell, who joins Bolton as their first signing of the January transfer window for an undisclosed fee, made 109 appearances for Posh after arriving in 2021.

"We worked very hard to try and get him here in the summer. It ended up being unachievable, but things change quickly in football and once we knew we had the potential to make it happen we wanted to work quickly to try and secure his services," Wanderers boss Ian Evatt said.

"It's a big signing for us, short and long term. He's a top player who can play in a number of different positions which is important for us.

"We feel the role Paris [Maghoma] played for us in particular last season, being able to receive the ball in tight spaces, dribble, break down low blocks and create, is Joel's game, so he's going to add a lot to us."

Randall scored 12 goals for Peterborough last season including against Bolton on the final day of the season to help his side reach the play-offs.

He also won the EFL Trophy at Wembley for Darren Ferguson's side last term, while he has scored seven goals in 25 appearances in all competitions this season.

The 25-year-old was left out of the Peterborough squad at the end of September with Ferguson stating the midfielder was "not happy at the club" but he returned to the first-team fold in October.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed Newcastle United defender Alex Murphy on loan until the end of the season.

The 20-year-old Republic of Ireland Under-21 international has made two appearances for the Premier League side.

"We've been chasing him since preseason and we tried to get him in then but we couldn't do it at that point," assistant boss Stephen Cairney told BBC Radio Manchester.

"He brings competition to that left side. He's a good young player and highly thought of at Newcastle, so hopefully he can come in and hit the ground running.

"We want competition and players to perform and keep their place and he adds strength to the group."

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Bolton Wanderers have released long-serving defenders Ricardo Santos and Gethin Jones.

Santos, 29, made 207 appearances for the club and was captain between October 2021 and September 2024.

Jones, also 29, joined a day after Santos on 4 August 2020 and played 188 times in all competitions.

Goalkeepers Nathan Baxter, 26, and Joel Coleman, 29, have also been let go after both spending two years with the League One side.

"Decisions like these are always difficult, particularly with players like Geth and Rico who have given so much to Bolton Wanderers over the years," boss Steven Schumacher told the club website., external

"They were central figures in the promotion from League Two and the EFL Trophy success at Wembley and have conducted themselves with great professionalism throughout their time here."

Wanderers finished eighth in the third tier this season, 10 points off the play-offs.

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Bolton Wanderers have signed forward Sam Dalby on a four-year contract following his departure from Wrexham.

The 25-year-old scored 15 goals on loan for Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership last season as the Tannadice club qualified for the European Conference League.

Dalby was offered a new contract by Wrexham in January but rejected the offer and became a free agent at the end of his loan north of the border.

"He is a player whose progress we have monitored closely, and to bring him to the club, especially considering the strong interest from elsewhere, is a fantastic piece of business for us," Wanderers boss Steven Schumacher told the club website., external

The forward is Bolton's first summer signing as they look to improve on last season's eighth-placed finish in League One, 10 points short of the play-off places.

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League One club Bolton Wanderers have signed midfielder Xavier Simons on a four-year deal from Championship side Hull City for an undisclosed fee.

The 22-year-old joined the Tigers, initially on loan, from Chelsea in September 2022 and made the move permanent the following year.

England Under-20 international Simons made 38 Tigers appearances and scored two goals during his time on Humberside.

"I'm made up to be joining Bolton Wanderers - it's a proper football club with a big history and fantastic support," he told the club website., external

During his time at Hull, Simons also spent time on loan at Fleetwood Town and Wycombe Wanderers.

"He'll bring real energy and a competitive edge to our midfield options," said Wanderers boss Steven Schumacher.

"He's got good legs and isn't afraid to put a tackle in and has a great passing ability – an all-round midfielder.

"His grounding at Chelsea means he's technically sound and he knows what this division is about from his time at Wycombe, on top of his Championship experience with Hull."