 Despite an improved contract offer in December 2006, which reportedly would have made him the highest earner in the club's history, he decided that his future lay elsewhere.On 6 June 2007 he signed a three-year deal with Leyton Orient, who had previously seen a £60,000 bid rejected.Dubbed one of the best young centre backs in the Football League, he made his Orient debut in a 2–1 win at Southend United on 11 August 2007.