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Peter Smith & Matt Lee

150 and counting Championship players released ahead of Nottingham Forest play-off final

Retained lists are starting to be announced across the Championship to open a floodgate of free agents into the summer transfer market.

Nottingham Forest still have one game to be played as they take on Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final on Sunday (May 24), knowing that the Reds will be in the Premier League for the first time in more than 20 years if they are victorious at Wembley Stadium.

That means that Steve Cooper's recruitment team at the City Ground will have to prepare for two different scenarios: promotion to the Premier League, as well as another season in England's second tier.

Some of the division's star performers are looking for a new club in the next few weeks, including Blackburn Rovers midfielder Joe Rothwell, who is likely to attract Premier League interest. West Bromwich Albion have not been able to agree a new deal with keeper Sam Johnstone while Andy Carroll and Stoke City loanee Romaine Sawyers are also departing the Hawthorns.

Bournemouth are saying goodbye to veteran centre-back Gary Cahill, Hull have released Tom Huddlestone and Tom Eaves, Birmingham are letting Kristian Pedersen and Jeremie Bela go, Callum O'Dowda is leaving Bristol City, fans' favourite Jodi Jones will exit Coventry after injury problems.

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Sol Bamba and Neil Taylor are leaving Middlesbrough, Alex Pearce is being released by MIllwall, Charlie Austin by QPR, Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair and Izzy Brown by Preston, David McGoldrick, Lys Mousset and Luke Freeman by Sheffield United and Ben Hamer, Korey Smith and Yan Dhanda by Swansea.

Blackpool have released eight players and extended the contracts for players including Josh Bowler and former Stoke youth Richard Keogh.

Millwall have offered contracts to Jed Wallace and Maikel Kieftenbeld, Blackburn to Darragh Lenihan and Ryan Nyambe, Luton to Danny Hulton, Kal Naismith and Robert Snodgrass, Middlesbrough to Jonny Howson, QPR to Yoann Barbet, Reading to Josh Laurent and Andy Yiadom and newly-promoted Rotherham to Michael Smith.

Dozens of youth players have also been released across the country.

Nottingham Forest have yet to announce their retained list due to the continuation in their league campaign, but Lewis Grabban, Tobias Figuieredo and Gaetan Bong all have contracts which are up for renewal this summer.

Barnsley

Released: Aapo Halme, George Miller, Connor Hodgson, Daniel Jinadu, Tomas Kalinauskas

Scholars released: Archie Brown, Blake Goucher, Ben Hall, Jack Sherlock, Lloyd Smith

Birmingham City

Released: Jeremie Bela, Renedi Masampu, Archie Matthews, Kristian Pedersen, Oriol Soldevila, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Connal Trueman, Yoane Zohore

Contract options exercised: Josh Andrews, Odin Bailey,, Ryan Stirk

Blackburn Rovers

Released: Bradley Johnson, Jacob Davenport, Harry Chapman, Luke Brennan, Connor McBride, Sam Durrant, Joe Nolan, Joe Rothwell

Scholars released: Joe Ferguson, Brandon Lonsdale, Evan Cunningham

Contract options exercised: Ben Brereton Diaz, Dan Butterworth, Tyler Magloire, Jordan Eastham

Offered new contracts: Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Nyambe

Blackpool

Released: Cameron Antwi, Ryan Grant, Johnny Johnston, Matthew Liptrott, Charlie Monks, Ethan Robson, Sky Sinclair, Grant Ward

Contract options exercised: Keshi Anderson, Ewan Bange, Josh Bowler, Brad Holmes, Richard Keogh, Stuart Moore, Jordan Thorniley

Bournemouth

Released: Gary Cahill, Brennan Camp, Ryan Glover, Connor Kurran-Brown, Luke Nippard.

Contract options exercised: Brooklyn Genesini, Jack Scrimshaw, Sam Sherring.

Scholars released: Owen Palmer, Aaron Roberts, Jack Seddon.

Offered new contracts: Cameron Plain, Owen Bevan, Matthew Burgess, Tarik Gidaree, Euan Pollock, Billy Terrell, Jack Wadham.

Scholar extensions: Noa Boutin, Marcus Daws, Ferdinand Okoh.

Bristol City

Released: Callum O’Dowda

Players under-24 released: Khari Allen, Louis Britton, Barney Soady, Nathaniel Williams

Offered new contracts: Will Buse, Robbie Cundy, Andy King, Timm Klose

Coventry

Released: Jodi Jones, Josh Pask

Contract options exercised: Jordan Shipley (bid accepted from Shrewsbury Town)

Under-23s released: Jonny Ngandu, Aaron Evans-Harriott

Hull City

Released: Tom Huddlestone, Richie Smallwood, Tom Eaves

Contract options exercised: Matt Ingram, Callum Elder, Josh Emmanuel, George Honeyman, Mallik Wilks

Under-23s and scholars released: Louis Beckett, Ahmed Salam, Sam Deacon, Henry Curtis, Billy Leach, Rio Dyer

Luton Town

Released: Elliot Lee

Contract options exercised: Luke Berry, Harry Isted, Cameron Jerome, Peter Kioso

Offered new contracts: Danny Hylton, Kal Naismith, Robert Snodgrass

Under-23s and scholars released: TQ Addy, Sam Beckwith, Corey Panter, Jake Peck, Eddie Corbit, Adam Wedd, Matt Moloney, Ben Stevens

Middlesbrough

Released: Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Neil Taylor

Offered new contract: Jonny Howson

Millwall

Released: Alex Pearce, Connor Mahoney

Offered new contract: Jed Wallace, Maikel Kieftenbeld

Under-23s and scholars released: Sean O’Brien, Junior Tiensia, Kai Garande, Dan Moss, Jayden Davis, Ryan Hammond, Ramez Hefzalla, Bobby Dailly

Peterborough

Released: Dai Cornell, Serhat Tasdemir, Kyle Barker

Available for transfer: Christy Pem, Mark Beevers, Idris Kanu, Jorge Grant and Ryan Broom

Queens Park Rangers

Released: Charlie Austin, Dom Ball, Dillon Barnes, David Marshall, Lee Wallace, Kieren Westwood

Offered new contracts: Albert Adomah, Yoann Barbet, Moses Odubajo, Charlie Owens, Olamide Shodipo

Preston North End

Released: Connor Ripley, Oliver Lombard, Mathew Hudson, Paul Huntington, Joe Rafferty, Jack Baxter, Jamie Thomas, Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair, Izzy Brown, Ethan Walker, Joe Rodwell-Grant, Jacob Holland-Wilkinson

Offered new contract: Bambo Diaby

Second-year scholars to earn contracts : Harry Nevin, Dana Amaral, Lewis Leigh, Aaron Bennett and Mikey O'Neill

First-year scholars to earn contracts : Josh Seary, Noah Mawene

Second-year scholars released : Declyn Duggan, Teddy Mfuni, Joe Blanchard, Levi Lewis, Vaughn Green

Reading

Released: Terell Thomas, Brandon Barker, Orjan Nyland, Felipe Araruna, Alen Halilovic, Marc McNulty

Offered new contracts: Tom Holmes, Josh Laurent, Andy Rinomhota, Femi Azeez, Andy Yiadom

'In dialogue': John Swift, Junior Hoilett, Michael Morrison

Rotherham (promoted from League One)

Released: Jake Cooper, Jacob Gratton, Freddie Ladapo, Angus MacDonald, Joe Mattock, Mickel Miller

Offered new contracts: Michael Smith, Michael Ihiekwe, Jamie Lindsay

Contract options exercised: Josh Chapman, Jake Hull, Viktor Johansson, Chiedozie Ogbene

Sheffield United

Released: David McGoldrick, Lys Mousset, Luke Freeman, Filip Uremovic

Under-23s and scholars released: Angelo Cappello, Harvey Cullinan, Beau Anderson, Tyrese Bailey-Green, Ethan Slater

Stoke City

Released: James Chester, Steven Fletcher, Tom Ince, Tommy Smith

Under-23s and scholars released: Adam Porter, Conor Robson, Ryanjay Malbon

Swansea City

Released: Ben Hamer, Korey Smith, Yan Dhanda, Jamie Searle, Nico Defreitas-Hansen, Josh Gould

Under-23s and scholars released: Scott Butler, Rio Campbell, Ben Erickson, Cameron Evans, Jaden Forrester, Jacob Jones, Dylan Morgan, Ryan Bassett, Joshua Edwards, Aaron Hillier, Dylan Perkins, Tyler Evans

Offered new contracts: Josh Thomas, Kai Ludvigsen, Kian Jenkins, Ruben Davies

West Bromwich Albion

Released: Sam Johnstone, Andy Carroll, Romaine Sawyers

Under-23s and scholars released: Jamie Soule, Owen Windsor, Aurio Teixeira, Kevin Joshua, Zak Delaney, Mark Chidi, MacKenzie Lamb, Leon MacHisa and Daniel Ngoma

Offered new contracts: Ted Cann, Josh Shaw, Reece Hall, Reyes Cleary, Samuel Okoka.

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