Released U21s defender Omar Sowunmi is set to join League Two Yeovil Town. In April the 19-year-old was told he wouldn’t be kept on by the Blues with the one-year pro deal he signed last summer after completing his academy scholarship up at the end of June.
The central defender from Colchester spent time on loan at Braintree and Lowestoft during 2014/15 and had looked likely to join the Trawlerboys on a permanent basis, however, the Vanarama National League North side have revealed that Sowunmi has won a contract with the Glovers after a trial at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Blues striker Daryl Murphy continues to be the subject of speculation with QPR the latest Championship side to be linked, while January’s claims of Hull City interest have also been revived.
The 32-year-old, who was reported to be the subject of a rebuffed £2.5 million offer from Middlesbrough yesterday, is currently away with the Ireland squad ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland.
Elsewhere, ex-Blues keeper Richard Wright, 37, has been named on Manchester City’s retained list.
The former England international, whose son Harry, also a keeper, is rejoining the Town academy as a full-time scholar this summer, initially signed for the Premier League club in 2012 but is still to appear for them in a competitive game.