COLCHESTER United’s Marcus Bean is set for a loan spell with Portsmouth.

The midfielder has been told he is free to move on by U’s boss Tony Humes.

His move is still subject to the paperwork going through, hopefully later today.

However, Humes said: “Hopefully Marcus can go out and get his career started again, because it’s stalled a bit over the last few weeks.

“He’s a good pro and he’s been fantastic around the place, without being involved.”