EASTLEIGH have lined up their second summer signing with striker Ross Lafayette arriving on a free transfer from Luton Town on a two-year deal.

While the 29-year-old is yet to officially sign for the Spitfires, it is understood the paperwork will be completed on Monday when Hatters officials return from the Football League AGM in Portugal. 

Lafayette played in the Vanarama Conference (now National League) last term for Welling United and Woking, on loan from Luton.

During his time at Kenilworth Road he made 13 first-team appearances from the bench in all competitions as well as making one start, which hampered his chances to impress.

Although he failed to find the net for his former charges, while on his four game spell at The Cards last term he scored once in four games and was on target twice for Welling as they pushed for Conference survival.

The frontman has also played for Chesham United, Barton Rovers, Aylesbury United, Wealdstone, Burnham and Hemel Hempstead Town.

He joins Joshua Payne among the new faces at the Silverlake Stadium and will officially be an Eastleigh player on July 1.

Lafayette arrived at Luton from Welling in the summer of 2014 after impressing in the non-league's top-flight, scoring 17 times for the newly promoted Wings in 2013/14.

Prior to that it was at Park View Road where he made his name, scoring vital goals as Welling won the Conference South, carrying that form into the following campaign.

After he suffered a cruciate ligament injury when he was a 21-year-old, he trained in digital media and worked for a financial publishing company in Haymarket, London, as he feared for the future of his football career.

But he rekindled his football dream with the Londoners, who he then returned to on loan to as they avoided relegation last term in the Conference.

"Can't wait to get started at @eastleighfc looking forward to enjoying my football again #COYS," Lafayette wrote on his Twitter account.

"And again huge thank you to all at @LutonTown that supported me during my time there! All the best in the future."