Colchester United have signed Tom Hopper from Lincoln City.
The experienced striker has joined the U's on a permanent contract until the summer of 2025, subject to the usual approvals.
This addition to the squad is the sixth signing of the January transfer window, following the captures of Connor Wood, Fiacre Kelleher, Arthur Read, Connor Hall and Matt Jay.
After coming through the ranks at Leicester City, the twenty nine year old made a handful of cup appearances for the Premier League side during his time in the East Midlands.
A successful loan spell at Scunthorpe came about in the second half of the 2014/15 season, securing him a permanent deal to the Irons in the summer of 2015.
His three year spell at Scunthorpe ended, after over 120 appearances, in 2018 when he signed for the U's Essex neighbours Southend United.
Lincoln City then paid an undisclosed fee for the striker in the January window of 2020, but after three years in Lincolnshire, Hopper heads to north Essex for the next two and a half years.