Released Blues midfielder Cole Skuse has agreed to join Colchester United on a two-year deal from July 1st.

TWTD revealed at the start of the month that Skuse, 35, had been spotted at the JobServe Community Stadium with close friend and former Blues defender Wayne Brown, who is currently the manager of Maldon & Tiptree, a club with close links with the U’s.

Colchester director of football Tony Humes, another former Town defender, is pleased to get the deal done so early in the window.

“It's fantastic for us to get Cole in and done so quickly,” he told the League Two side’s official website.

“He's a quality midfielder that will certainly add to what we have here already, but he's also a great role model to have around our younger players.

“His standards and professionalism will always be extremely high and that can only be good for the other lads.

“Playing the number of games he has, at the level he has, proves how good his footballing qualities are, and him being here is great for the club and can only be good for the likes of Noah Chilvers and Brendan Wirdeu to learn from.”

Skuse joined Town from Bristol City in the summer of 2013 on a free transfer and made 268 starts and 10 appearances from the bench. He was a key member of the Blues side which reached the Championship play-offs in 2014/15.

The U's are also understood to be keen on signing Alan Judge, Freddie Sears and Luke Chambers who also left Portman Road at the end of the season.

Meanwhile, former Blues centre-half Tom Eastman, 29, has extended his stay at Colchester for a further two years having moved to the U's from Town in the summer of 2011.

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SheptonMalletBlue added 19:06 - May 25 Do we really want to read stories about ex players?!!!
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DebsyAngel added 20:10 - May 25 Best of luck, Cole! Nice move to COLEchester United!
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jas0999 added 20:16 - May 25 Great move for all parties. No longer quite good enough if we want promotion, but a very good signing at that level for colchester. Keeps him in the area as well. Win/win.
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dirtydingusmagee added 20:29 - May 25 respect . decent person, and an an honest player, got some some stick for probably staying at the level a bit too long imo, i still think he has games in him at the lower level and wish him well .
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ringwoodblue added 21:35 - May 25 Pleased for him
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 22:33 - May 25 Istanblue - ignorant , unnecessary and incorrect comment .
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Portman_Pie added 23:00 - May 25 Good luck Cole. Chuffed you got a 2 year deal to continue playing whilst achieving your coaching badges. I'm sure you'll then be ready (as Kieron was this time around) to give the ITFC manager role a crack when the latest incumbent has failed miserably. Not being pessimistic - just realistic with the way we roll...
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TimmyH added 23:19 - May 25 All the best Cole for the future...in terms of football here he was a good 'breaker up of play' but that was about it for me, 'solid' about sums him up.
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therein61 added 06:53 - May 26 Very good move(family wise) and a two year deal as well i wish him well, while i never rated him(my opinion which puts me in the know nothing about football category on here ) i found him a very nice guy to talk to he had time for people which is a credit to him,
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ChrisFelix added 08:59 - May 26 They clearly have signed him for his goal scoring ability & to add his surges into the opponents penalty box. His level is now National league standard which sadly if Chambers joins him Col U may find themselves in 12 months
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goat_man added 09:05 - May 26 Dreadful player. Should have been moved on 5 years ago.
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