Every championship free agent as coventry city look for deals ahead of rebuild

Sheffield United have become the latest Championship club to announce their list of released and retained players following their defeat in the play-off final as more free agents become

available for transfer this summer. The Blades have also confirmed the return to their parent clubs of a selection of loan recruits who could interest the likes of Coventry City as their

rebuilding plans get underway. Alfie Gilchrist, Rob Holding, Harry Soutter, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Harry Clarke, Ben Brereton Diaz and Hamza Choudhury are all heading home after the Blades'

failed play-off bid unsure of what their collective futures hold. The majority of Championship clubs had until May 17 to tell the EFL about the future of players whose contracts are set to

expire at the end of June. Clubs involved in the play-offs were granted an extension until four days after their season concluded. The Sky Blues and fellow play-off semi-finalists Bristol

City have already revealed their lists, while Sheffield United confirmed today that they are in discussions with striker Rhian Brewster and that Jack Robinson has activated an automatic

one-year extension by playing a certain number of matches. Robinson made 34 league starts in the 2024/25 season, while Brewster made 18. There is no deadline for clubs to publicise their

lists, and Queens Park Rangers only announced theirs yesterday, confirming the departure of left-back Kenneth Paal and ongoing talks with Jimmy Dunne, Jack Colback, Lucas Andersen and Morgan

Fox. Sunderland and Cardiff City are now the only Championship clubs from the recently concluded season who have yet to publicly confirm their retained lists. Sunderland will be competing

in the top flight next term, while Cardiff, currently without a manager, were relegated to League One. Sunderland do not have any senior players out of contract this summer, while Cardiff

players with deals about to expire include Dimitrious Goutas, Yakou Meite, Joe Ralls, Andy Rinomhata and Anwar El Ghazi. Two of the three clubs relegated from the Premier League -

Southampton and Ipswich Town - are yet to announce their decisions, as are Charlton Athletic, who secured promotion via the play-offs from League One on Monday. Ipswich players whose

contracts expire in 2025 include former Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe, while it has already been confirmed that midfielder Massimo Luongo will depart. Kyle Walker-Peters is

hesitating over a new contract at Southampton, and Adam Lallana may retire. Coventry have said goodbye to four senior players who are out of contract this summer while two more have had

options triggered to keep them at the club for another year. One of those staying on is Jamie Allen, with boss Frank Lampard taking up a one-year option on the midfielder's current

deal. Young goalkeeper Luke Bell has also been given a one-year extension. Amongst the players said to be interesting Lampard is Aston Villa full-back Kaine Kesler-Hayden. On the downside,

Premier League Newcastle are reported to be keen on 23-year-old Jack Rudoni, a £5m recruit from Huddersfield last year. With 10 goals and 12 assists from his 45 games last season, Rudoni

would be a hard man to replace at the CBS Arena. Clubs publishing their retained lists so far... BIRMINGHAM CITY RELEASED: Grant Hanley (centre-half), Lee Myung-Jae (left-back), Lukas

Jutkiewicz (striker) BLACKBURN ROVERS RELEASED: Dilan Markanday (winger), Jack Vale (forward), Zak Gilsenan (midfielder), Patrick Gamble (centre back), Tom Bloxham (winger), Jordan Eastham

(goalkeeper), Rhys Doherty (centre back), Isaac Whitehall (midfielder), Jalil Saadi (midfielder), Alex Baker (forward), Adam Caddick (midfielder), Paul Murphy-Worrell (right back), Lewis

Bell (winger), Bradley Taylor (midfielder), Jackson Shorrocks (midfielder), Nathan Willis (midfielder), Stephen Edmondson (midfielder), Teddy Ramwell (defender), Dan Shaw (midfielder,

contract cancelled) CONTRACTS OFFERED: Tyrhys Dolan (winger), Danny Batth (centre back), Andi Weimann (forward) OPTION EXERCISED: Ryan Hedges (winger) BRISTOL CITY RELEASED: Stefan Bajic

(goalkeeper), Ayman Benarous (midfielder), Kal Naismith (utility) IN TALKS: Nahki Wells (striker), Lewis Thomas (goalkeeper) BURNLEY RELEASED: Nathan Redmond (winger), Jonjo Shelvey

(midfielder) IN TALKS: Josh Brownhill (midfielder), CJ Egan-Riley (centre back), Ashley Barnes (striker) COVENTRY CITY RELEASED: Jamie Paterson (forward) OPTIONS EXERCISED: Jamie Allen

(midfielder), Luke Bell (goalkeeper) DERBY COUNTY RELEASED: Tom Barkhuizen (forward), Sonny Bradley (centre-back), Tyrese Fornah (midfielder), Jeff Hendrick (midfielder), Rohan Luthra

(goalkeeper), Erik Pieters (defender), Kemar Roofe (forward), Conor Washington (striker) IN TALKS: Craig Forsyth (defender), Liam Thompson (centre mid) HULL CITY RELEASED: Brandon Fleming

(left-back), Callum Jones (midfielder), Nordin Amrabat (winger), Dogukan Sinik (winger) OPTION EXERCISED: Joao Pedro (striker) LEEDS UNITED RELEASED: Josuha Guilavogui (midfielder) IN TALKS:

Sam Byram (right back), Junior Firpo (left back) LEICESTER CITY RELEASED: Daniel Iversen (goalkeeper), Danny Ward (goalkeeper), Jamie Vardy (striker) LUTON TOWN RELEASED: Pelly Ruddock

Mpanzu (midfielder), Amari’i Bell (left-back), Tim Krul (goalkeeper), Jameson Horlick (goalkeeper), Victor Moses (winger) MIDDLESBROUGH RELEASED: Jonny Howson (midfielder), Anfernee

Dijksteel (right-back) MILLWALL RELEASED: Shaun Hutchinson (centre back), Murray Wallace (centre back), Duncan Watmore (winger), Aaron Connolly (winger) IN TALKS: George Saville

(midfielder), George Honeyman (midfielder), Danny McNamara (right back), Liam Roberts (goalkeeper), George Evans (defender) OPTIONS EXERCISED: Billy Mitchell (midfielder), Joe Bryan (left

back), Wes Harding (right back) NORWICH CITY RELEASED: Angus Gunn (goalkeeper), Onel Hernández (winger), Jacob Sørensen (centre mid), Jonathan Tomkinson (centre back), Archie Mair

(goalkeeper), Lewis Shipley (centre back), Tom Finch (goalkeeper), Adian Manning (midfielder), Ellis Craven (goalkeeper), Daniel Ogwuru (centre forward), Alfie Doy (centre back), Alex

Roberts (centre forward), Gabriel Keita (centre back), Kingston Simbai (right back) IN TALKS: Lewis Dobbin (winger, Aston Villa loan), Jacob Wright (midfielder, Man City) OXFORD UNITED

RELEASED: Josh McEachran, Joe Bennett, Max Woltman, Eddie Brearey and George Franklin PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RELEASED: Ben Waine (striker), Saxon Earley (left back), Will Jenkins Davies (centre

mid), Josh Bernard (midfielder) CONTRACTS OFFERED: Jordan Houghton (centre mid), Mustapha Bundu (striker), Jack Matthews (centre back) PORTSMOUTH RELEASED: Cohen Bramall (left-back), Tom

Lowery (centre-mid), Alexander Milošević (centre-back), Anthony Scully (striker) and Kusini Yengi (striker) PRESTON NORTH END RELEASED: Emil Riis (striker), Freddie Woodman (goalkeeper),

Kian Best (defender), Kian Taylor (defender/midfielder), Patrick Bauer (centre back), Ryan Ledson (centre mid) CONTRACTS OFFERED: Ched Evans (striker, coaching role), Josh Seary (right

back), Kacper Pasiek (left wing back), Robbie Brady (left midfield/defence) QUEENS PARK RANGERS RELEASED: Kenneth Paal (left-back), Harry Murphy (midfielder) IN TALKS: Jimmy Dunne

(defender), Morgan Fox (defender), Jack Colback (midfielder), Lucas Andersen (winger) SHEFFIELD UNITED IN TALKS: Rhian Brewster (striker) OPTION TRIGGERED: Jack Robinson (defender) SHEFFIELD

WEDNESDAY RELEASED: Stuart Armstrong (centre mid), Ben Hamer (goalkeeper), Ryo Hatsuse (left back), Michael Ihiekwe (centre back), Marvin Johnson (winger), Pol Valentin (right back), Mallik

Wilks (winger) CONTRACTS OFFERED: Barry Bannan (centre mid), Akin Famewo (centre back), Callum Paterson (midfield/attack) OPTIONS EXERCISED: Anthony Musaba (winger), Michael Smith (centre

forward), Josh Windass (forward) STOKE CITY RELEASED: Jordan Thompson (centre mid), Lynden Gooch (full back/winger), Michael Rose (centre back), Enda Stevens (left back) CONTRACT OFFERED:

Emre Tezgel (striker) OPTION EXERCISED: Lewis Baker (centre mid) SWANSEA CITY RELEASED: Joe Allen (centre mid), Kyle Naughton (right-back), Cyrus Christie (right-back), Kristian Pedersen

(left-back), Jon McLaughlin (goalkeeper) CONTRACT OFFERED: Harry Darling (centre-half) OPTION EXERCISED: Cameron Congreve (midfielder) WATFORD RELEASED: Angelo Ogbonna (centre-half) WEST

BROMWICH ALBION RELEASED: Semi Ajayi (defender), Grady Diangana (winger), John Swift (midfielder) WREXHAM RELEASED: Steven Fletcher (striker), Mark Howard (goalkeeper), Josh Adam (centre

mid), Jordan Davies (centre mid), Harry Dean (centre-half), Brad Foster (goalkeeper), Liam Hall (goalkeeper), Sam Dalby (striker) CONTRACT OFFERED: Callum Edwards (right winger) OPTION

EXERCISED: Aaron James (centre-half) ANY NAMES THAT CITY SHOULD BE CHASING? CLICK HERE TO HAVE YOUR SAY GET THE LATEST COVENTRY CITY HEADLINES SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE Get the latest

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