List of over 200 Championship free agents released by clubs after 2024/25 season

In this article, we take a look at a list of over 200 Championship free agents released by clubs following the 2024/25 season.

Teams will be looking to strengthen and replace those injured or in need of a boost with some names looking to secure themselves a new club to call home for the foreseeable future.

Retained lists are being released across the second tier, which will see a flood of free agents into the summer transfer market.

Check out the list, compiled with the help of each club and The Deck…

Blackburn Rovers

Retained
Tom Atcheson, Jack Barrett, Joe Boggan, Callum Brittain, John Buckley, Todd Cantwell, Hayden Carter, Max Davies, Nathan Dlamini, Aodhan Doherty, Leo Duru, James Edmondson, Patrik Farkas, Jake Garrett, Makhtar Gueye, Ryan Hedges, Solomon Honor, Lucas Houghton, Dom Hyam, Augustus Kargbo, Adam Khan, Harry Leonard, Matty Litherland, Exaucé Mafoumbi, Nicolas Michalski, Kristi Montgomery, Harley O’Grady-Macken, Yuki Ohashi, Connor O’Riordan, Charlie Olson, Aynsley Pears, Harry Pickering, Brandon Powell, George Pratt, Joe Rankin-Costello, Yuri Ribeiro, Zack Stritch, Balázs Tóth, Lewis Travis, Sondre Tronstad, Scott Wharton, Harrison Wood, Levi Ball, Charlie Clanford, Thomas Cryer, Michael Decandia, Isaac Dunn, Harvey Higgins, Harry Holt, Valentin Joseph, Leon Kelley-Quinn, Freddie Leatherbarrow, Bruce Leeming, Harry Lister, Tyler Mansbridge, Archie McCoy, Alfie McIlroy, David Odogun, Harvey Pates, Aaron Potter, Jayden Sergeant, Luke Thompson, Igor Tyjon, Frank Vare, Blake Wolsoncroft

Released
Dilan Markanday, Jack Vale, Zak Gilsenan, Patrick Gamble, Tom Bloxham, Jordan Eastham, Rhys Doherty, Isaac Whitehall, Jalil Saadi, Alex Baker, Adam Caddick, Paul Murphy-Worrell, Lewis Bell, Bradley Taylor, Jackson Shorrocks, Nathan Willis, Stephen Edmondson, Teddy Ramwell

Options Activated
Ryan Hedges, Harrison Wood, Zack Stritch, Adam Khan

New Contract Offered
Tyrhys Dolan, Danny Batth, Andi Weimann, Jake Batty, Felix Goddard

Pro Deal Offered
Lorenze Mullarkey-Matthews

“Will Keep Close Contact With”
Adam Forshaw

Cancelled by Mutual Consent
Dan Shaw

Return to Parent Clubs
Owen Beck, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Dion Sanderson, Cauley Woodrow Emmanuel Dennis

Bristol City

Retained
Rob Atkinson, Max Bird, Harry Cornick, Rob Dickie, Yu Hirakawa, Jason Knight, Ross McCrorie, Marcus McGuane, Luke McNally, Anis Mehmeti, Max O’Leary, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, George Tanner, Scott Twine, Zak Vyner, Joe Williams

Players under-24 (*denotes first professional contract)
Zack Ali, Taine Anderson, Sinclair Armstrong, Sam Bell, Joshua Campbell-Slowey, Josey Casa-Grande, Thomas Chaplin*, Ben Clark*, Max Davies*, Isaac Finch*, Charlie Filer*, Jack Griffin*, Calum Hewlett, Jack Hooper*, Joseph James, Zac King-Phillips*, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Fally Mayulu, Jed Meerholz, Elijah Morrison, Adam Murphy, Raekwan Nelson, Sebastian Palmer-Houlden, Billy Phillips, Haydon Roberts, Ruebin Sheppard*, Luke Skinner, Josh Stokes, Archie Taylor, Jack Witchard*, Ephraim Yeboah

Released
Kal Naismith, Ayman Benarous, Stefan Bajic, Kai Churchley, Tim Ap Sion, Marley Rose, Romani Rowe, Callum Wood

Discussions Ongoing
Raphael Araoye, Joe Duncan, Olly Thomas, Lewis Thomas, Nahki Wells

Burnley

Retained
Oliver Sonne, Jaydon Banel, Luca Koleosho, Maxime Esteve, Mike Tresor, Shurandy Sambo, Joe Worrall, Lyle Foster, Hannibal Mejbri, Aaron Ramsay, Lucas Pires, Connor Roberts, Josh Cullen, Benson Manuel, Jordan Beyer, James Trafford, Etienne Green, Enock Agyei, Vaclav Hladky, Josh Laurent, Oluwaseun Adewumi, Zeki Amdouni, Darko Churlinov, Dara Costelloe, Hannes Delcroix, Owen Dodgson, Hjalmar Ekdal, Andreas Hountondji, Han-Noah Massengo, Michael Mellon, Michael Obafemi, Sam Waller

Released
Jonjo Shelvey, Nathan Redmond

Ongoing Discussions Over A New Contract
Josh Brownhill, CJ Egan-Riley, Ashley Barnes

Signing Permanently
Jaidon Anthony, Marcus Edwards, Zian Flemming, Bashir Humphreys

Returning To Parent Club Following Loan
Jeremy Sarmiento

Cardiff City

Aaron Ramsey will leave the Bluebirds this summer. The Welsh captain rejoined his childhood Club during the summer of 2023, before taking up the role of caretaker manager for the final three games of the 2024/25 campaign. Aaron departs Cardiff City Stadium with our best wishes.

Club captain Joe Ralls and Andy Rinomhota remain in discussions with the Club at this time.

Jamilu Collins, Raheem Conte, Anwar El Ghazi, Kieron Evans, Dimitrios Goutas and Yakou Méïté will depart at the conclusion of their agreements on June 30th, 2025.

The Club have activated extended contract options on Josh Beecher, Jake Dennis, Trey George, Ewan Griffiths, Luke Pearce, Michael Reindorf, Will Spiers and Morgan Wigley. A contract offer has also been made to Isaac Jefferies.

Young professionals Freddie Cook, Cole Fleming, Adeteye Gbadehan, Baylin Johnson and Joseph Thomas will depart.

Professional contract offers have been made to graduating apprentices Jake Davies, Alyas Debono, Daniel Ola and Jac Thomas.

Joseff Edwards, Corey Foggarty, Osian Rees and Lennon Talbot will now leave the Club following the completion of their apprenticeships.

We’d like to thank all of the leaving players for their efforts and wish them all the very best for the future.

The full retained list of professionals can be found below:

Jak Alnwick, Luke Armstrong, Cian Ashford, Joel Bagan, Josh Beecher, Calum Chambers, Rubin Colwill, Joel Colwill, Jesper Daland, Isaak Davies, Jake Dennis, Kion Etete, Will Fish, Trey George, Luey Giles, Ewan Griffiths, Ethan Horvath, Sekou Kaba, Eli King, Ronan Kpakio, Dylan Lawlor, Dakarai Mafico, Perry Ng, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa, Callum O’Dowda, Luke Pearce, Troy Perrett, Michael Reindorf, Alex Robertson, Callum Robinson, Yousef Salech, Roko Šimić, Will Spiers, Ollie Tanner, Ryotaro Tsunoda, David Turnbull, Matthew Turner, Cody Twose, Morgan Wigley, Chris Willock, Ryan Wintle.

Coventry City

Retained
Jamie Allen, Kai Andrews, Tristen Batanwi, Norman Bassette, Luke Bell, Elliot Betjemann, Jake Bidwell, Luis Binks, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Harvey Broad, Bradley Collins, Jay Dasilva, Aidan Dausch, Riccardo Di Trolio, Oliver Dovin, Josh Eccles, Charlie Finney, Matt Grimes, Liam Kitching, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ephron Mason-Clark, Isaac Moore, Justin Obikwu, Callum Perry, Jack Rudoni, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Greg Sandiford Jr, Ellis Simms, Ben Sheaf, Rylie Siddall, Bobby Thomas, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Victor Torp, Milan van Ewijk, Ben Wilson, Haji Wright, Kai Yearn

Released
Jack Burroughs, Ryan Howley, Jamie Paterson, Cian Tyler, Aston Ellard, Daniel Rachel, Kain Ryan, Jayden Smith

Derby County

Retained
Ebou Adams, Corey Blackett-Taylor, Dajaune Brown, Matt Clarke, Callum Elder, Kenzo Goudmijn, Kayden Jackson, Sondre Langås, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Curtis Nelson, Ryan Nyambe, Ben Osborn, Jake Rooney, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, Josh Vickers, Joe Ward, Kane Wilson, Jacob Widell Zetterström.

Released
Tom Barkhuizen, Sonny Bradley, Tyrese Fornah, Jeff Hendrick, Rohan Luthra, Erik Pieters, Kemar Roofe, Conor Washington.

Discussions Ongoing
Craig Forsyth, Liam Thompson.

Returning to Parent Club
Harrison Armstrong, Marcus Harness, David Ozoh, Nat Phillips, Jerry Yates.

Under-21 squad players under contract
Daniel Cox, Jaydan Davidson, Billy Gough, Harry Hawkins, Jack Perry, Darren Robinson, Keilen Robinson, Freddie Turley, Lennon Wheeldon.

Under-21 squad players out of contract and not offered new terms
Max Bardell, Emmanuel Ilesanmi, Riley Moloney, Josh Shattell, Morten Spencer, Alex Stepien-Iwumene, Tony Weston.

Under-21 squad players out of contract and in discussion about their futures
Harry Evans.

Under-18 squad players ending second year of scholarship and joining Under-21 squad
Cruz Allen, Tristan Gill, Niall McAndrew, Jerome Richards, Jack Thompson.

Under-18 squad players ending second year of scholarship and offered professional terms
Demiane Agustien, Luke Banks, Owen Eames, Isaac Gordon, Justin Oguntolu, Adisa Osayande, Johnson Osong, Harley Price, Marsel Tola.

Under-18 squad players beginning second year of scholarship in 2025/26
Charles Ebuka Agbawodikeizu, Rio Canoville, Braidy Connell-Webster, Sean Corry, AJ Doyle, Alfie Friars, Khace Gordon, Israel Green, Dantel Hodges, Marley Mintus, Harvey Rees, James Ward.

Hull City

Retained
Eliot Matazo, Kyle Jospeh, Thimothee Lo-Tutala, Abu Kamara, Charlie Hughes, Mohamed Belloumi, Mason Burstow, Matt Crooks, Kasey Palmer, Ivor Pandur, Liam Millar, Cody Drameh, Matty Jacob, John Egan, Alfie Jones, Lewie Coyle, Regan Slater, Steven Alzate, Sean McLoughlin, Harvey Cartwright, Harry Vaughan

Released
Brandon Fleming, Callum Jones, Nordin Amrabat, Doğukan Sinik

Deal Made Permanent
Gustavo Puerta

Option Activated
João Pedro

Return to Parent Club
Louie Barry, Finley Burns, Joe Gelhardt, Lincoln Henrique Óscar Zambrano

Leeds United

Retained
Joe Rodon, Isaac Schmidt, Jayden Bogle, Ao Tanaka, Largie Ramazani, Wilfried Gnonto, Matro Joseph, Max Wober, Joel Piroe, Ilia Gruev, Ethan Ampadu, Brenden Aaronson, Pascal Struijk, Karl Darlow, Patrick Bamford, Alex Cairns, Daniel James, Illan Meslier, Harry Gray, Joe Gelhardt

Released
Josuha Guilavogui, Harry Christy, Cian Coleman, Connor Ferguson, Max McFadden, Amari Miller, Kris Moore, Joe Richards, Joe Snowdon, Luca Thomas, Dan Toulson

Return to Parent Club
Joe Rothwell, Manor Solomon

Discussions Ongoing
Sam Byram, Junior Firpo

Offered New Deal
James Debayo, Rory Mahady, Coban Bird, Harvey Vincent

Luton Town

Retained
Thomas Kaminski, Jordan Clark, Carlton Morris, Reece Burke, Elijah Adebayo, Tahith Chong, Daiki Hashioka, Mads Andersen, Shandon Baptise, Teden Mengi, Mark McGuinness, Alfie Doughty, Thelo Aasgaard, Isaiah Jones, Lasse Nordas, Reuell Walters, Millenic Alli, Zack Nelson, Joe Johnson

Released
Dion Pereira, Jack Bateson, Dominic Dos Santos Martins, Tyrell Giwa, Axel Piesold, Tim Krul, Jameson Horlick, Victor Moses, Amari’i Bell, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Charlie Emery, Isaiah Harvey, Cai Hockey, Matthew Takawira

Continuing rehabilitation
Tom Lockyer

Year Option Triggered
Jack Walton, Liam Walsh

Returning To Parent Club
Josh Bowler, Kal Naismith

Offered Professional Contract
Rufus Barnes, Excel Ed-Okungbowa, Nassim El Gourja, Finley Evans, Luca Knote-Reed, Jerome Passley-James, Luke Takawira

Middlesbrough

Retained
Morgan Whittaker, Riley McGree, Delano Burgzorg, Sol Brynn, Finn Azaz, Aidan Morris, Tommy Conway, Seny Dieng, George Edmundson, Alex Bangura, Hayden Hackney, Neto Borges, Rav van den Berg, Luke Ayling, Darragh Lenihan, Dan Barlaser, Dael Fry, Tom Glover, Marcus Forss, Sonny Finch,

Released
Anfernee Dijksteel

Discussions Ongoing
Jonny Howson

Return to Parent Club
Mark Travers, Ryan Giles, Kelachi Iheanacho, Sammy Iling-Junior, Ben Doak

Millwall

Retained
George Saville, Ryan Leonard, Murray Wallace, George Honeyman, Jake Cooper, Liam Roberts, Japhet Tanganga, Aaron Connolly, Macaulay Langstaff, Wes Harding, Luke Cundle, Lukas Jensen, Camiel Neghli, Danny McNamara, Benicio Baker-Boaitey, Mihailo Ivanovic, Daniel Kelly, Zak Lovelace, Alfie Massey, Ajay Matthews, Ra’ees Bangura-Williams, Casper De Norre, Aidomo Emakhu, Joe Bryan, Femi Azeez, Tristan Crama

Released
Shaun Hutchinson, Murray Wallace, Duncan Watmore, Aaron Connolly

Discussions Ongoing
George Saville, George Honeyman, Danny McNamara, Liam Roberts, George Evans

Options Exercised
Billy Mitchell, Joe Bryan, Wes Harding

Returning to Parent Club
Josh Coburn, Zak Sturge, Ryan Wintle, Calum Scanlon

Norwich City

Retained
Ruairi McConville, Matej Jurasek, Josh Sargent, Anis Slimane, Ante Crnac, Amankwah Forson, Ben Chrisene, Jose Cordoba, Liam Gibbs, Oscar Schwartau, Kellen Fisher, Gabe Forsyth, Lucien Mahovo, George Long, Vicente Reyes, Shane Duffy, Kenny McLean, Emiliano Marcondes, Jack Stacey, Daniel Barden, Borja Sainz, Marcelino Nunez

Contract option triggered:
Emiliano Marcondes

Signed new deal:
Henry Bullen, Hugo Valencia Gomez, Harmony Okwumo, Lloyd Ofori-Manteaw

Released
Angus Gunn, Jacob Sørensen, Onel Hernández, Archie Mair, Jonathan Tomkinson, Lewis Shipley, Tom Finch, Adian Manning, Ellis Craven, Daniel Ogwuru, Alfie Doy, Alex Roberts, Gabriel Keita, Kingston Simba

Completed permanent exit:
Jonathan Rowe (Marseille)

Discussions ongoing regarding loan/permanent extensions:
Jacob Wright, Lewis Dobbin

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