Bolton are preparing £500,000 bid for Ipswich striker Joe Garner
Forward's season was cut short in March with fractured skull, but ex-Rangers man is fully fit and SunSport has been told he is keen to return to Lancashire
BOLTON are preparing a big to land Ipswich forward Joe Garner.
Trotters boss Phil Parkinson is looking to beef up his attack following the January departure of Gary Madine to promoted Cardiff City.
Experienced striker Clayton Donaldson has moved to Bolton on a 12-month deal and Parkinson wants another hitman to add to his ranks.
Goals were hard to come by last term for the Lancashire side who escaped the drop on the final day of the season beating Nottingham Forest at the Macron stadium.
Garner,30, moved to Portman Road last year after a season in Scotland with Rangers.
However, his season was cut short when he suffered a minor fractured skull against Sheffield United in March.
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The striker is fully recovered but new Tractor Boys boss Paul Hurst will allow Garner to move on as he looks to reshape squad inherited from Mick McCarthy.
Bolton top brass are readying a £500,000 bid for the Blackburn-born forward who is keen on a return to the north of England after three years at Preston.
Parkinson has been busy this summer recruiting Walsall playmaker Erhun Oztumer on a free alongside midfielder Jason Lowe from Birmingham City.
Sammy Ameobi has extended his stay signing a new-two-year deal.