Probably every other club in the Championship would too apart from Gru United.
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Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest can confirm its retained list following the conclusion of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign.
Six senior players' contracts have come to an end: André Ayew, Cafú, Jack Colback, Jesse Lingard, Jordan Smith and Lyle Taylor.
Six academy players will also depart the club as they embark on fresh chapters ahead of the 2023/24 season: Billy Fewster, Alex Gibson-Hammond, Ryan Hammond, Nicky Hogarth, Adnan Kanurić and Lewis Salmon.
The club would like to thank each player for their contributions during their time at The City Ground.
Serge Aurier has triggered an automatic one-year extension to his contract.
Keylor Navas, Dean Henderson and Renan Lodi's loan periods will expire on 30th June.
Chris Wood's loan deal from Newcastle United will become permanent from the summer transfer window open date.
Free transfer:
André Ayew
Cafú
Jack Colback
Billy Fewster
Alex Gibson-Hammond
Ryan Hammond
Nicky Hogarth
Adnan Kanurić
Jesse Lingard
Lewis Salmon
Jordan Smith
Lyle Taylor
Contract option exercised:
Serge Aurier
Aged 24 or over under contract:
Harry Arter
Taiwo Awoniyi
Willy Boly
Josh Bowler
Steve Cook
Felipe
Emmanuel Dennis
Mohamed Dräger
Remo Freuler
Gustavo Scarpa
Wayne Hennessey
Ethan Horvath
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Richie Laryea
Orel Mangala
Scott McKenna
Moussa Niakhaté
Lewis O'Brien
Omar Richards
Jonjo Shelvey
Sam Surridge
Harry Toffolo
Hwang Ui-Jo
Joe Worrall
Ryan Yates
Aged under 24 under contract:
Brandon Aguilera
Fin Back
Giulian Biancone
Connor Brown
Aaron Donnelly
Danilo
Tyrese Fornah
Morgan Gibbs-White
Ben Hammond
Riley Harbottle
Brennan Johnson
Pharrell Johnson
Ateef Konaté
Julian Larsson
Loïc Mbe Soh
Jamie McDonnell
Alex Mighten
Braian Ojeda
Detlef Esapa Osong
Jonathan Panzo
George Shelvey
Dale Taylor
Neco Williams
Aged under 24 offered contract:
James Clarridge
Oliver Hammond
Lyle Taylor just been released by notts forest.
Would do me
The list of players looking for a new club gets bigger and bigger.
Surely a buyers market?
Should be some premiership players released this coming week who may well have to drop to Championship
Yes, football is also opposite to 'normal' life. Ordinarily in your early 30s you're just getting going in your career and looking forward to your peak earning years whereas in football your pay is starting to decline and you are looking for 'one last' hurrah!