Portsmouth will be looking to challenge for promotion again next season from Sky Bet League One as they aim to build on the year just gone.

Pompey looked like title winners at the start of the campaign, but a wobble saw them scramble to eventually make the play-offs - something Sunderland knocked them out of.

They'll be keen to go again, then, and they have made their first signing of the summer today in the form of defender James Bolton:

The 24-year-old joins from fellow League One club Shrewsbury Town and will surely be looking forward to the first day of pre-season training where he can begin to play with his new team-mates.

Pompey fans, meanwhile, will be hoping that this is just the start of their transfer action this summer as they look to keep key players and add to a team that is capable of challenging for promotion once again.

The Verdict

This is a solid enough signing.

Pompey will be looking to add quality and cover this year as they look to challenge for promotion and sustain that throughout the campaign.

Speculation is rife around the likes of Jamal Lowe but at the moment they've not lost him and will be hoping that the story of the summer is incomings rather than outgoings.

Bolton, meanwhile, will hope to help them challenge at the sharp end.