Neal Ardley has finalised his squad for the rest of the season after agreeing a deal with Bury for Tom Soares.
The Dons have been keen to add a holding midfielder to their squad all month and, on the final day, they completed a move for the former Crystal Palace and Stoke man.
He has prior history with AFC Wimbledon, scoring in the penultimate match of Bury's promotion season helping them go up automatically.
“Tom is a player we’ve liked for a number of years and we looked at maybe bringing him in back in November,” Ardley told Dons Player.
“We tried early in January to make enquiries, but it did not look like being something we could do.
“We then looked towards the summer for maybe a chance of getting him then if he did not sign a new deal.
“We would then have looked to put something in short-term until then, but then quite late on in the window it started looking we might have half a chance.
“It took a lot of hard work yesterday, but we got there and I’m absolutely delighted we’ve got him.
“Tom has often played out of position this season at centre-back, right back, or right midfield, but his best position is as a central midfielder.
“He can play a holding role, advanced, or as a two. He is very powerful, has good aerial ability, and a lot of his athletic stats are very high. We’ve done a lot of homework on him and he is a very good player.
“If you look at his pedigree, he signed for Stoke from Crystal Palace for over £1 million. I think he is in his prime now.
“When I thought there may be a chance of getting Tom, I asked the board to put together whatever they could muster to try to get a deal over the line and they have come up trumps. The board and the club have done a great job.”
