Five transfer questions for Ian Evatt as Bolton Wanderers summer recruitment becomes main focus

Bolton Wanderers have said goodbye to eight players and already brought in a new one already following the conclusion of the regular League One season.

Alex Baptiste, Andrew Tutte, Nathan Delfouneso, Liam Edwards, Liam Gordon and Reiss Greenidge are among the first team players to leave. Young goalkeeper Matty Alexander and teenage striker Jay Fitzmartin have also been released.

Jack Iredale meanwhile became the club's first new signing of the summer recently. He has signed a three-year deal at Wanderers and completed a free transfer after turning down fresh terms at previous club Cambridge United.

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Wanderers are seeking to mount a promotion charge in earnest next season and challenge at the summit of League One. With that in mind, here we take a look at five key questions for the summer transfer window at Wanderers.

Sealing Fossey and Trafford returns

Ian Evatt made no secret during the second half of the campaign that he wanted to bring the two players signed on loan in January back to the club next season. Wing-back Marlon Fossey arrived from Fulham while James Trafford joined from Manchester City.

The duo proved to be a hit during the second half of the campaign. Fossey played 16 times and scored once before a torn meniscus injury concluded his loan spell earlier than intended and brought about a premature end to his season.

Trafford meanwhile became Bolton's number one goalkeeper in the the second half of the campaign in place of Joel Dixon. He played 22 times for the club and kept clean sheets in his first four games, setting a record in the process.

Both players have contracts at their parent clubs until the