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U's swoop to complete loan signing of Hammers ace Freddie

10:46am Friday 17th February 2012 in Colchester Utd By Matt Plummer

Colchester United have completed the emergency loan signing of highly-rated striker Freddie Sears.

The 22-year-old has joined from West Ham and will spend the next month at the Weston Homes Community Stadium.

His loan spell will take in the next eight fixtures and he could make his debut in tomorrow's League One match at Yeovil, subject to the paperwork going through in time.

"Freddie has been at different clubs in the Championship and also played in the Premier League," said delighted U's boss John Ward.

"We feel it is a bit of a coup to get him in.

"I spoke to him last night and he was very happy to come here.

"There was interest from elsewhere, but he has decided to come to us."

Ward has moved quickly to bolster his squad after former loanee Gavin Massey was recalled by Watford yesterday.

"A lot of work went in last night to get him here and he will meet us at Brentwood to join us on the coach to Yeovil."

Sears, whose loan spell will run until March 18, has a wealth of loan experience, having previously played for Scunthorpe, Coventry and Crystal Palace in the Championship.

He has also played Premier League games for West Ham, in addition to winning England Under-21 caps.

Comments(17)

Steve86 says...
11:17am Fri 17 Feb 12

FANTASTIC NEWS - NICE ONE WARD.
Great player, and thanks West Ham

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loyalu'sfan says...
11:18am Fri 17 Feb 12

what a great signing!! WELL DONE JOHN WARD for bringing in a top top player, can't wait to see him in a u's shirt.

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Steve86 says...
11:19am Fri 17 Feb 12

I'm SHOCKED to be honest. Perhaps because he is local he accepted. Can't wait!!

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itsawedge says...
11:50am Fri 17 Feb 12

Well done JW. Should be an excellent addition.
Cant wait for all the Ward knockers to respond.

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Sparkfilms says...
11:57am Fri 17 Feb 12

That's more like it!

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Ozzie says...
11:59am Fri 17 Feb 12

Blimey! What is going on at the U's? This is a real swoop and Freddie Sears can hopefully add much needed fire power to our front line! I had to double check this news to make sure it was true! Up the U's!!

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notuagen says...
12:23pm Fri 17 Feb 12

west ham must feel confident of promotion.come on you irons...

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Surb says...
1:25pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Omg, brilliant loanee there. Nice one Ward. Hopefully we can keep him to the end of the season he is a good player.

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super waluigi says...
7:21pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Wow, nice deal. Now lets see if he has the edge.

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angryman!!! says...
8:16pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Got to be good news if it's gets 3x more comments than a win! Yes definetly agree very exciting prospect, well done mr ward

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Feisty CBC says...
10:34pm Fri 17 Feb 12

Is he injured?

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totallyfootball says...
10:06am Sat 18 Feb 12

Blimey, now we are talking Mr Ward, some quality bought in at last, I just hope he gets the service he needs.

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Sparkfilms says...
11:35am Sat 18 Feb 12

Let's have Billy Shears too!

He was seen in Colchester recently with Ringo Starr.

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super waluigi says...
1:07pm Sat 18 Feb 12

Sparkfilms wrote:
Let's have Billy Shears too!

He was seen in Colchester recently with Ringo Starr.
Or Britney Spears.......

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angryman!!! says...
2:44pm Sat 18 Feb 12

Loving the line up, most attacking all season, adventurous doing it away, good on yoi ward lets carry on this way til the end of the season would even sacrifice a few more losses if it was more attacking. Will know in two hours if it's payed off

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wellnow says...
3:26pm Sat 18 Feb 12

he is a striker to get the best out of the guy he must play up front.don't play him wide or behind the front man.like that he will score goals.

up the hammers.

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Blue & White Robbo says...
6:27pm Sun 19 Feb 12

Only just found out about this, obviously been on the Moon for the past three days.

I have to say I am delighted with this signing. I know he is rated at Upton Park and very much in the plans for the future.

Just what we need for a busy few weeks ahead.

Well done JW & RC for lining this one up.


Up the U's

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