WANDERERS have sold youth team graduate Tyler Garratt for just £25,000 to Doncaster Rovers.
The 19-year-old defender impressed after graduating to the first team at the end of last season but had yet to put pen-to-paper on a new one-year deal at the Macron Stadium.
League Two Rovers have agreed to a number of add-on clauses linked to promotion, appearances and future sales but the left-back’s exit - particularly for such a low fee - has still come as a shock to Whites fans, who had tipped the youngster to cement this place this term.
Lincoln-born Garratt arrived at Bolton in 2013 and came through David Lee’s youth team to become a regular at Under-21 level.
He made his first team debut in a 2-1 defeat at Cardiff City, turning heads with a mature display after Wanderers had gone down to 10 men.
Garratt then started the next two games at left-back ahead of Dean Moxey, against Hull City and Fulham.
Darren Ferguson has made eight new signings this summer at Rovers following their relegation to League Two.
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