Mitchell-Nelson has made 7 appearances for the Shrimpers but has not played since September 2020 and will now see out the season with the Gulls.

The 21-year-old had a meteoric rise towards professional football which saw him travel to Oldham Athletic in April 2018 as cover for the first team squad.

That came just 12 months after the defender signed a two-year scholarship with Southend from non-League football.

A whirlwind year began when he impressed during a successful trial period with Southend`s under-18s, featuring in two matches at the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

In the following season he took time to adapt to the rigours of full-time football, but he learnt his lessons quickly after being dismissed against Luton Town to become one of the youth team’s stand-out performers.

He became a regular for the under-23 side and having been handed a development contract in the summer of 2019, he linked up with then-Isthmian South Central outfit Harlow Town on a `work experience`.

In February 2020 he made his debut as a sub in the 2-1 win over Lincoln City and featured 6 times in total at the end of the 2019/20 season.