Even before the end of last season, First Team Coach Paul Trollope and Director of Football Lennie Lawrence were making plans for the 2009/10 campaign and suggesting that new signings would be arriving at the club during the summer.

The Board of Directors have backed their judgement and today the first of the management team's identified targets, MK Dons defender Carl Regan, agreed to sign a two year contract with the club.

The transfer is subject to the player undergoing a satisfactory medical and, all being well, he will become a Bristol Rovers player on 1st July.

The 29 year old Liverpudlian began his career as a trainee with Everton, but was unable to break into the first team at Goodison Park and moved to Barnsley, for a fee of £20,000, in June 2000.

In August 2002, after making 37 league appearances whilst at Oakwell, he joined Hull City. He later played for Chester City, on loan, and Droylsden, before rejoining Chester on a permanent basis in March 2005.

In June 2006 Carl moved to Macclesfield, and made 58 league appearances for the Moss Road outfit before following his former boss, Paul Ince, to MK Dons in January 2008.

He made nine league appearances for the eventual League Two Champions from then until the end of the season, and scored his first goal for the club at Lincoln.

In season 2008/09 he made 29 league appearances, establishing himself as the club's first choice right back, and was in the MK Dons side that beat Rovers 2-1 on Easter Monday.

He also appeared in both legs of the play off semi final, against Scunthorpe United.

A pacy right back, with almost 200 league games to his name, Carl can play in either full back position or as a central defender.

He has agreed to move to Rovers in spite of the fact that he was offered a new deal by MK Dons and is looking forward to a successful spell as a player with the club. He has been allocated squad number 2.