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Mathew Davies

The 160 Championship free agents available to Swansea City and Cardiff City this summer

Both Swansea City and Cardiff City are set for big overhauls of their squads this summer.

In SA1, head coach Russell Martin is overseeing a season of transition, moulding his team to the structure and vision he wants.

He has already carried out a fair bit of recruitment work at the Swansea.com Stadium, bringing in players who he feels fit his style of play.

But further change is coming, judging by his comments following the 4-0 thrashing at Sheffield United on Saturday.

"I think so," responded Martin when asked if a summer overhaul is likely.

"We've changed a lot, I probably would have liked to have changed a bit more.

"We want to play a certain way and it requires a certain character and physical profile.

"We have some excellent players here, some who are unbelievably well suited to it, some who are not ideally suited to it, but that doesn't make them bad players.

"We have what we have until the end of the season, and I'm happy with that, the guys we have got."

As for Steve Morison in the Welsh capital, the Bluebirds have 10 players out of contract this summer and a host of loan players returning to their parent clubs. It looks extremely likely that the reset button will be pushed at Cardiff City Stadium at the end of the campaign.

The manager has overseen an upturn in results since he took over from Mick McCarthy but until Morison is given the keys full time, recruitment matters will remain up in the air.

Both teams will be operating on a shoestring budget, and we recently brought you a selection of free agents the Welsh clubs could sign right now to boost their options.

Here, we bring you the full list of out-of-contract Championship player Swansea and Cardiff could pick up this summer.

Barnsley

Romal Palmer, 23 - defensive midfielder

Aapo Halme, 23 - centre-back (one-year option)

Blackpool

Keshi Anderson, 26 - winger (one-year option)

Cameron Antwi, 20 - central midfield (one-year option)

Josh Bowler, 22 - winger (one-year option)

Marvin Ekpiteta, 26 - centre-back

Richard Keogh, 35 - centre-back (one-year option)

Gary Madine, 31 - striker (one-year option)

Stuart Moore, 27 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Jordan Thorniley, 25 - centre-back (one-year option)

Grant Ward, 27 - right midfield

Bournemouth

Jaidon Anthony, 22 - winger, (one-year option)

Robbie Brady, 30 - utility

Gary Cahill, 36 - centre-back

Zeno Ibsen Rossi, 21 - centre-back (one-year option)

Jordan Zemura, 22 - left-back (one-year option)

Birmingham City

Odin Bailey, 22 - attacking midfielder (one-year option)

Jeremie Bela, 28 - winger (one-year option)

Tate Campbell, 19 - defensive midfielder

Adan George, 19 - striker (one-year option)

Renedi Masampu, 22 - left back

Kristian Pedersen, 27 - left back

Ryan Stirk, 21 - central midfielder (one-year option)

Connal Trueman, 25 - goalkeeper

Blackburn Rovers

Ben Brereton Diaz, 22 - striker (one-year option)

Danny Butterworth, 22 - striker

Jacob Davenport, 23 - midfielder

Thomas Kaminski, 29 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Bradley Johnson, 34 - midfielder

Darragh Lenihan, 27 - centre-back

Tyler Magloire, 23 - centre-back

Ryan Nyambe, 24 - right-back

Joe Rothwell, 27 - midfielder

Bristol City

Louis Britton, 20 - striker

Andy King, 33 - midfielder (one-year option)

Timm Klose, 33 - defender

Chris Martin, 33 - striker (one-year option)

Callum O’Dowda, 26 - winger (one-year option)

Danny Simpson, 34 - full-back

Cardiff City

Leandro Bacuna, 30 - midfielder

Ciaron Brown, 24 - defender

Aden Flint, 32 - defender

Sean Morrison, 31 - defender

Josh Murphy, 26 - winger

Marlon Pack, 30 - midfielder

Joe Ralls, 28 - midfielder

Alex Smithies, 31 - goalkeeper

Isaac Vassell, 28 - striker

Will Vaulks, 28 - midfielder

Coventry City

Jodi Jones, 24 - attacking midfielder

Josh Pask, 24 - centre-back

Kyle McFadzean, 34 - centre-back

Jordan Shipley, 24 - attacking midfielder (one-year option)

Derby County

Ryan Allsop, 29 - goalkeeper

Nathan Byrne, 29 - right-back

Lee Buchanan, 20 - left-back (one-year option)

Eiran Cashin, 20 - centre-back

Curtis Davies, 36 - centre-back

Festy Ebosele, 19 - wing-back/winger

Craig Forsyth, 32 - left-back

Colin Kazim-Richards, 35 - striker

Isaac Hutchinson, 21 - midfielder

Tom Lawrence, 28 - attacking midfielder

Ravel Morrison, 29 - forward

Kelle Roos, 29 - goalkeeper

Richard Stearman, 34 - centre-back

Liam Thompson, 19 - midfielder

Louie Watson, 20 - attacking midfielder

Fulham

Fabio Carvalho, 19 - attacking midfielder

Neekens Kebano, 29 - winger (one-year option)

Fabri, 34 - goalkeeper

Tyrese Francois, 21 - winger

Michael Hector, 29 - centre-back (one-year option)

Alfie Mawson, 28 - centre-back

Tim Ream, 34 - centre-back

Jean-Michael Seri, 30 - central midfielder (one-year option)

Huddersfield Town

Jamal Blackman, 28 - goalkeeper

Reece Brown, 25 - midfielder

Fraizer Campbell, 34 - striker

Carel Eiting, 24 - midfielder

Josh Koroma, 23 - winger (one-year option)

Naby Sarr, 28 - centre-back

Harry Toffolo, 26 - left-back (one-year option)

Alex Vallejo, 30 - midfielder

Hull City

Tom Eaves, 30 - striker (one-year option)

Callum Elder, 27 - left-back (one-year option)

Josh Emmanuel, 24 - right-back (one-year option)

George Honeyman, 27 - attacking midfielder (one-year option)

Tom Huddlestone, 35 - midfielder (one-year option)

Matt Ingram, 28 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Richie Smallwood, 31 - defensive midfielder (one-year option)

Mallik Wilks, 23 - striker (one-year option)

Luton Town

Club doesn’t disclose contract lengths

Middlesbrough

Jonny Howson, 33 - midfielder

Sol Bamba, 37 - centre-back

Lee Peltier, 35 - centre-back/full-back

Neil Taylor, 33 - left-back

Millwall

Maikal Kieftenbeld, 31 - defensive midfielder

Connor Mahoney, 25 - winger

Alex Pearce, 33 - centre-back

Jed Wallace, 27 - winger

Murray Wallace, 29 - centre-back

Nottingham Forest

Gaetan Bong, 33 - left-back

Tobias Figueiredo, 28 - defender

Lewis Grabban, 34 - striker

Carl Jenkinson, 29 - right-back

Jordan Smith, 27 - goalkeeper

Peterborough United

Will Blackmore, 20 - goalkeeper

Harrison Burrows, 20 - left-midfielder

Jack Taylor, 23 - midfielder

Preston North End

Tom Barkhuizen, 28 - forward

Jack Baxter, 21 - midfielder

Izzy Brown, 25 - attacking midfielder (one-year option)

Mathew Hudson, 23 - goalkeeper

Paul Huntington, 34 - defender

Joe Rafferty, 28 - defender

Connor Ripley, 29 - goalkeeper

Scott Sinclair, 32 - forward

Jamie Thomas, 25 - attacking midfielder (one-year option)

Ethan Walker, 19 - forward

QPR

Albert Adomah, 34 - winger

Dominic Ball, 26 - central midfielder

Yoann Barbet, 28 - centre-back

David Marshall, 36 - goalkeeper

Moses Odubajo, 28 - right-back (one-year option)

Charlie Owens, 24 - defensive midfield (one-year option)

Lee Wallace, 34 - left-back

Reading

Felipe Araruna, 25 - midfielder

Femi Azeez, 20 - midfielder

Scott Dann, 34 - defender

Alen Halilovic, 25 - midfielder

Junior Hoilett, 31 - midfielder

Tom Holmes, 21 - defender

Josh Laurent, 26 - midfielder

Marc McNulty, 29 - striker

Michael Morrison, 33 - defender

Andy Rinomhota, 24 - midfielder

John Swift, 26 - midfielder

Andy Yiadom, 30 - defender

Sheffield United

Chris Basham, 33 - defender (one-year option)

Adam Davies, 29 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Luke Freeman, 29 - midfielder (one-year option)

David McGoldrick, 34 - striker (one-year option)

Lys Mousset, 26 - striker (one-year option)

Ben Osborn, 27 - midfielder (one-year option)

Jack Robinson, 28 - defender (one-year option)

Billy Sharp, 36 - striker (one-year option)

Stoke City

Joe Allen, 31 - midfielder

James Chester, 33 – centre-back

Frankie Fielding, 33 - keeper

Steven Fletcher, 34 - striker

Phil Jagielka, 39 – centre-back

Nick Powell, 27 - midfielder (one-year option)

Tommy Smith, 29 – right-back

Mario Vrancic, 32 - midfielder (one-year option)

Swansea City

Yan Dhanda, 23 - attacker

Josh Gould, 24 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Ben Hamer, 34 - goalkeeper (one-year option)

Kyle Naughton, 33 - defender

Korey Smith, 31 - midfielder

West Brom

David Button, 32 - goalkeeper

Sam Johnstone, 28 - goalkeeper

Romaine Sawyers, 30 - midfielder

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