MK Dons have re-signed their all-time leading goalscorer Izale McLeod following his release by League One rivals Portsmouth.
The 28-year-old striker, who spent three campaigns with the Dons from 2004 - scoring 60 goals in 135 appearances - parted ways with Pompey on Monday.
McLeod has signed an 18-month deal at stadium:mk with the option of a further year.
Dons boss Karl Robinson told the club's official website: "It is great news for the football club and the supporters that Izale has returned to MK Dons.
"We welcome back a more mature Izale with a wealth of experience and I believe he is a much better all-round footballer.
"Izale offers something different to the team, but we all know he is a natural goal scorer and it provides us with strong competition up front."
McLeod began his career at Derby in 2002 and, after a loan spell at Sheffield United, joined the Dons in the summer of 2004.
During his first spell in Milton Keynes, the striker's goalscoring exploits saw him named the League Two player of the year in 2007.
The former England Under-21 international's big-money move came in August that same year when he signed a four-year-deal with Charlton, which at the time brought in a club-record fee for the Dons.
Loan spells at Colchester, Millwall and Peterborough followed before McLeod left the Addicks in July 2010.
He enjoyed two successful seasons at Barnet - scoring 36 goals, before agreeing a non-contract deal with Portsmouth in August. McLeod netted 11 times for Pompey before leaving the club by mutual consent on New Year's Eve.
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Portsmouth caretaker manager Guy Whittingham says he is still unsure which players will remain at the club beyond the January transfer window.
Because the club are in administration, most of the 19-man squad are on short-term deals, and can leave at any time.
"I think that is an unfair question, I do not know," Whittingham told BBC Radio Solent when asked about his players' statuses.
"We need to know what's going on (off the pitch). There is a bigger picture."
Portsmouth are the subject of a takeover bid by the Pompey Supporters' Trust although it is conditional on the PST taking control of the club's Fratton Park stadium.
Fratton Park is controlled by former owner Balram Chainrai and administrators PKF are trying to force the sale of the stadium at the High Court.
The case will be heard on 15 January and Whittingham admits that until things are sorted off the pitch it will be difficult to say who will stay at the club.
"Some are going to go and some are going to stay," he said.
"We'll have a better idea at the end of the month when things will be clarified."
One player who has publically stated he wants to stay is midfielder Lee Williamson, who arrived at the club in August and who has gone on to make 23 appearances.
The former Sheffield United man is out of contract this month but says he is committed to the cause at the club.
"When I signed in the summer it was something I wanted to do and I want to be here for the long haul," Williamson told BBC Radio Solent.
"Things change, people come and go. I am not looking to go and I do want to stay."