Dean returned to Sutton at the beginning of September having spent last season with the Berkshire club, and has made 21 appearances for U’s this season, adding to the 108 he made in his first spell between 2020 and 2022.

Academy centre half Jack Taylor, who has impressed on loan at Burgess Hill in the first half of the season, has now gone to Isthmian League leaders Hornchurch on loan, and we wish him well in his continued progress.