Shamal George: Colchester United extend goalkeeper's contract and offer new deal to midfielder Emyr Huws
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Shamal George kept eight clean sheets for Colchester in 2021-22
Colchester United have taken up an option to extend goalkeeper Shamal George's contract for another season.
The 24-year-old joined the U's from Liverpool in the summer of 2020 on an initial two-year deal and made 32 appearances in the 2021-22 campaign.
The League Two club have offered a new deal to former Ipswich midfielder Emyr Huws, 28, who was signed in January on a deal to the end of the season.
Defender Miles Welch-Hayes and keeper Dean Gerken have been released.
Welch-Hayes, 25, played 15 games this season, while Gerken's only appearance came in a Papa Johns Trophy match against West Ham's under-21s.
The 36-year-old made 80 appearances during his second spell with the U's after returning to the club from Ipswich in 2019, having previously played 126 times between 2002 and 2009.