Middlesbrough have strengthened their defensive options ahead of the new Championship season, after announcing the signing of defender Marc Bola from League One Blackpool.

The 21-year-old left-back has joined for an undisclosed fee after turning down the offer a new and improved contract at Blackpool, with Bola now set to get the first taste of Championship football in his career.

A former Arsenal youth player, Bola only moved to Blackpool from the North London club last summer, making 43 appearances in all competitions, scoring twice before being named the club's Player of the Year at the end of the season.

Bola becomes Middlesbrough's third signing of the summer transfer window, and the second in three days following the arrival of Marcus Browne from West Ham on Friday.

Taking to Twitter to react to the news of Bola's arrival, plenty of Middlesbrough fans appeared excited by their latest recruit.

Here, we take a look at what some of them had to say.