The Colchester United Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Colchester United walk away from Lamine Cissé
$3.6M was the most the club would pay and Stoke City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Myles Hippolyte for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Colchester United will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zach Abbott turns down Colchester United
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Nottingham Forest keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jeffrey Schlupp signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jeffrey Schlupp commits to Colchester United for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Colchester United
Jeffrey Schlupp and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sean Steur
Colchester United asked and Newcastle United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colchester United promote Jonathan Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Pearson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robert Bennett steps up from the Colchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Bennett has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colchester United promote Benjamin Miller from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Miller has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Colchester United promote Adam Henderson from within
- Squad Jeffrey Schlupp needs a bigger stage
- Transfer targets Colchester United try to borrow Alex Cochrane