Scottish outfit Hearts have reportedly had a £750,000 bid rejected for the defender as they face a battle with a number of League One sides, including Oxford United.

Fagan-Walcott had been part of the York City team that won the National League in dramatic fashion this season.

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Fagan-Walcott began his career in Tottenham Hotspur’s academy and made his senior debut during a 3-0 Champions League defeat to RB Leipzig in the 2019/20 season. After a loan spell with Dundee, he joined Cardiff City following his release from Spurs.

Opportunities proved limited in South Wales, leading to further loan moves with Dunfermline Athletic and York City.

It was at York where the defender found his footing, doing enough to earn a permanent switch ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

He went on to play a key role in York’s National League title-winning season, making 36 appearances as the club amassed 108 points to secure promotion back to the EFL.

Fagan-Walcott also made a significant impact in the final third, scoring eight goals and providing four assists from defence.

Fagan-Walcott was previously tight-lipped on his future, telling BBC York: “I don’t actually know whose come in.

“I’ve spoken to my agent, but we’re all on cloud nine at the minute and I don’t know what’s happening.”

Oxford United are looking to secure the services of Colchester United forward Kyreece Lisbie with the club having met with the player, our sister paper The Reading Chronicle understands.

This comes after sources close to the player said that Posh are leading the race to sign the winger over the summer, with Reading hesitant to meet Colchester United’s valuation.

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It is understood that Oxford United, Reading FC, Peterborough United and an unnamed Championship club are all after the winger’s signature.

Oxford United held interest in the winger in January but were blocked alongside Reading FC from signing the player but Colchester United’s chairman.

The Posh’s interest in securing Colchester United’s Kyreece Lisbie’s services have been widely reported, with his twin brother Kyrell flourishing under manager Luke Williams – with Kyrell scoring 14 goals and registering seven assists.

Peterborough United have been ‘pushing hard’ to secure the services of the winger in the summer transfer window, but the player sees Reading FC as the ideal move for his career.

An estimated fee of between £500-750K is Colchester’s current asking price – the deal fell through at the last minute when it was revealed that Colchester United decided against selling the player.

Kyreece won the Young Player of the Year award at Colchester’s end of season awards last week – with the winger scoring 11 goals and registering eight assists across all competitions.

The winger got his first taste of senior football for Cray Valley, and signed for Watford in 2021 before moving to Brentford less than a year later.

The 22-year-old signed a permanent contract with Colchester in 2025 from Premier League side Brentford’s B team until the the summer of 2027.

The U’s finished 22nd in the Championship and were relegated with two games remaining after a tough second season in the second tier.

Oxford will be looking to bounce back next season under head coach Matt Bloomfield who oversaw an upturn in form since his January arrival but was unable to achieve Championship survival.

Last Boxing Day, the Yellows beat Le Tissier’s former side Saints 2-1 despite it since being revealed that the visitors were spying on Oxford in the lead up to the game.

The U’s had sacked Gary Rowett only three days prior to that game and were under the caretaker leadership of Craig Short.

“[Southampton] had a tough time going to Oxford, they beat us on Boxing Day this season, and they’ve got a decent enough squad there to compete for promotion,” the eight-time England international observed.

Former Southampton player Matt Le Tissier poses with fans the Sky Bet Championship match at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton (Image: Peter Tarry/PA Wire)

“They didn’t disgrace themselves in the Championship, so I don’t see there’s any reason why they shouldn’t feel like they can be challenging at the top end again.

“A lot of it’s down to what players they get to keep.

“It’s a difficult one. A lot has to do with the finances, really. Whether or not you keep your players isn’t down to whether the player wants to stay or not, first and foremost. It’s down to can we afford to pay his wages? And without knowing the ins and outs of Oxford’s wage bill, it’s kind of difficult to assess that at the moment.”

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Oxford were relegated alongside Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday.

Next year’s third tier looks a difficult one to call at present with the summer transfer window set to tell a lot about which clubs will really push for promotion next term.

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak (right) speaks with former Southampton player Matt Le Tissier (Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

The U’s go down with a good core of players but will need to trim the dead weight if they are to balance the books and add some extra quality.

“It’d be difficult for me to assess that without kind of going through the squads, and seeing and essentially knowing the budget of each team that’s in that league, and I think if that was actually published at the start of the season, then I think that would make it quite interesting,” Le Tissier continued.

“Take a look at the, take a look at the odds that the bookmakers are offering, and you’ll pretty much know who’s got the biggest budgets available to them. And then you kind of mix that with how good the manager is, and then you kind of decide from there.”

Quotes courtesy of Midnite.