Leyton Orient sign Exeter City defender George Ray & Colchester United forward Frank Nouble on loan

George Ray joined Exeter City last summer and played 21 games for the club this season

Leyton Orient have signed Exeter City defender George Ray and Colchester United forward Frank Nouble on loan until the end of the season.

Centre-back Ray, 28, will be available for the club's League Two fixture at Bradford City on Tuesday.

Striker Nouble, 30, will hope to bring much-needed goals to a team which has not scored in its last five games in all competitions.

Orient are currently 15th in League Two, 10 points off the play-off places.

After coming through Crewe's academy and playing over 130 games for the club across eight years, Ray spent two seasons at Tranmere Rovers before moving on to Exeter last summer.

He played 21 times for the Grecians this season, scoring one goal.

Leyton Orient have brought in striker Frank Nouble in a bid to solve their five-game goal drought

"I'm buzzing to be here now," he told the Leyton Orient website.

"I'll give everything for the Orient shirt and hopefully we can start to pick up some more positive results from here on in."

Nouble came through Chelsea's academy but signed his first professional contract at London rivals West Ham.

He has also played for Wolves, Ipswich, Coventry, Tianjin Songjiang in China, Newport County and Plymouth.

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