KANE Vincent-Young has expressed his delight that former club Colchester United are on the brink of League Two survival.

The U’s head to Cheltenham Town this afternoon knowing that a win can help them secure their Football League status for another season.

Vincent-Young, who left Colchester to join Ipswich Town in August, 2019, made 126 league and cup appearances for the U's during his time at the club.

Vincent-Young told http://www.twtd.co.uk: “It was a bit too close for comfort and there were times when I was thinking ‘I don’t know which way this is going to go’.

"But they had two massive wins so I’m delighted for them.

“There are a lot of good people there and I’m delighted for Robbie (Cowling), the chairman, as well.

"I hope that is going to see them stay in the league and that they can push on next season.”

Vincent-Young was managed at Colchester by John McGreal, who departed the JobServe Community Stadium last summer having led the club into last season’s play-offs.

McGreal has been spending time at Town’s training ground since his former Tranmere team-mate, Paul Cook, was appointed manager last month.

Is McGreal about to return to Ipswich in a coaching capacity? Vincent-Young said: “I had a great relationship with John at Colchester.

"I’ve known him since I was 18 and he was the U23 coach at the club at the time. Then I played myself into the first team and he became manager.

“He’s the manager I played for most of the time at Colchester so we always have a little catch-up when I see him at the training ground.

“He’s an Ipswich legend and a really good coach as well, and more importantly a really good guy.

"I have no idea if he’s going to be joining the staff but if he did I know he could contribute an awful lot.”

Vincent-Young has recently returned to action for Ipswich, following a frustrating injury lay-off.

The 25-year-old former Spurs youngster spent 17 months on the sidelines in terms of competitive games.

Asked about the hardest part of being absent for so long, Vincent-Young replied: “I’ve had a couple of setbacks along the way so I think it has been them.

"You work hard and you’re nearly back to where you want to be when something happens to stop your progress and you have to do it all over again.

“It’s quite a difficult situation when you have put in all the work and invested a lot of time in getting back to full fitness, and you have to take a few steps back.

"It can be a bit demoralising and I’m happy to have got over that hill. Hopefully it’s not something that I will have to contend with again.

“Getting my first full 90 minutes at Charlton was massive for me. It was a massive mental tick to know that I could do it.

"It was unbelievable that it had taken me so long but I loved being back out there. It was a lovely day and in such a nice stadium it was a great experience.”