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Colchester United have signed Southampton midfielder Moses Sesay on a season-long loan.

The 19-year-old, who joined the Saints academy from Chelsea last year, has played for England at Under-18 level.

Sesay is yet to make a league appearance for his parent club, but made one substitute appearance in last season's EFL Cup.

"Moses is a very gifted player with the ball. He can really speed up the game." U's boss Danny Cowley told BBC Essex.

"He's been involved with England. It's his first loan, so he's going to need time to adapt, but he's got some really good attributes. We're looking forward to working with him."

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Colchester United have re-signed midfielder Oscar Thorn from Lincoln City on a season-long loan deal.

The 22-year-old initially signed for the U's in January 2023 from Norwich, making 35 appearances for the club across two and a half seasons, before making the move to Lincoln last summer for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.

Thorn now returns to Colchester having made just three league appearances during The Imps' League One title-winning campaign last season.

He becomes U's head coach Danny Cowley's seventh signing of the summer window.

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Colchester have agreed a new deal to keep goalkeeper Tom Smith at the club.

Smith played just seven games for the League Two outfit last season before suffering a thigh injury in February and missing the remainder of the campaign.

The 24-year-old was out of contract this summer but had been expected back for pre-season training and negotiations on a new contract only to suffer a burst appendix which delayed the process for a few weeks.

Smith started his career with Arsenal and signed for Colchester in 2023. The club have not disclosed the length of the new deal.

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Kane Vincent-Young has signed a new deal with League Two side Colchester United.

The 30-year-old full-back has made 51 appearances in all competitions for the U's since rejoining the club for a second spell last year.

Vincent-Young, a Grenada international, made 126 appearances in his first stint with the club before joining Ipswich Town in 2019.

He helped the Tractor Boys win promotion back to the Championship in 2022-23, and spent one season at Wycombe Wanderers before returning to the Colchester Community Stadium in February 2025.

Colchester have not disclosed the length of Vincent-Young's new contract.