Last season was a terrible campaign for Ipswich Town in the Championship, as the team were relegated from the second tier, finishing bottom of the table. 

Paul Lambert will be looking to considerably strengthen his squad in the transfer market this summer and bolstering his attacking options has to be a priority.

And, if recent reports are to be believed, the Ipswich boss may be on the verge of securing his most important signing of the summer.

According to a the East Anglian Daily Times, Ipswich have agreed to sign Tranmere Rovers striker James Norwood on a three-year deal.

Ipswich have been tracking the 28-year-old for several months and they now look finally set to sign him on a free transfer.

The striker has spent the majority of his career in non-league football, but has now established himself as one of the most prolific strikers in the Football League.

Norwood scored 32 goals in 53 appearances for Tranmere in all competitions last season and finished the campaign as the country's leading scoring alongside Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero.

Tranmere fans probably would have fancied their chances of keeping Norwood after winning promotion to League One in the play-offs and to lose someone of his quality on a free transfer is a massive blow.

He would be an excellent signing for Ipswich though and he should be able to provide the goals to help fire the team to automatic promotion to the Championship.

A move to Suffolk would also make perfect sense for Norwood, who will be hoping that he can handle the step up to the third tier.

Ipswich have got some talented attacking players and the striker will probably get a lot more chances to score goals than he did at Tranmere in League Two.

Whilst, if it does not work out for him at Portman Road, then it would not be the end of the world for Ipswich, as they would be getting the player on a free transfer.

So, if Ipswich can sign Norwood, it would give their supporters plenty of reasons to be optimistic ahead of next season, after a bitterly disappointing campaign that they will want to forget.