The Colchester United Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Colchester United say no — this time
The offer from Birkirkara for Jaden Williams was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Colchester United make their move for Emre Tezgel
$810.0K on the table at Stoke City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Junior Vargas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Colchester United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Junior Vargas in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Colchester United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ben Perry stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ben Perry and Colchester United agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Colchester United
Junior Vargas arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jack Tucker's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colchester United and Makise Evans are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Miguel Ángel Brau needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Colchester United know which stage they are at.
In brief
- The dugout Ben Perry asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Colchester United
- The dugout The manager comes out for Leon Chiwome