The 23-year-old enjoyed a successful month's loan at The Alex in December 2013, notching three goals in six appearances, helping The Alex to a run of 11 points from a possible 18.

Hitchcock started his career at Blackburn in 2011, but failed to feature at Rovers despite a productive loan spell at Plymouth.

He signed for QPR in 2012 and played one league game in two years for the Club, enjoying the majority of his time out on loan at Bristol Rovers, The Alex and then Rotherham before joining The Dons permanently in 2014.

Since signing for MK, Hitchcock has featured sparingly but has enjoyed time on loan at Fleetwood and Stevenage over the past two seasons.

He will wear the number 36 shirt for his second spell with the Club.