Bolton’s own pre-season timings are later than normal because of their involvement in the play-offs, and with the Euros in full-flow national media attention has been taken away from the gossip columns and is fixed on Germany for the time being.
At time of writing there have been 41 confirmed deals done across League One, with Bolton one of 16 different teams to have announced at least one new arrival. Eight teams have not yet signed a player at all.
Rotherham United have been busiest, adding eight new players to their squad after relegation from the Championship and the addition of Steve Evans as their new manager.
Defender Chris Forino became Bolton’s first new face in the squad, signing a three-year deal from Wycombe. Whether the 24-year-old is the start of a busy couple of months remains to be seen – but we have looked back at the first signing in each of the last 20 summers to see whether they provided a pointer to success or failure for Wanderers.
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