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Summer 2026 released players

Billy Sharp in action for Doncaster Rovers this seasonImage source, Shutterstock
  • Published
    7 May 2026

The 2025-26 season is coming to an end, with many players set to be available on free transfers at the end of their contracts.

Find out who has been let go with our collation of club released/retained lists.

Confirmed signings can be found on our transfers page.

You can also catch up with what the papers are saying in today's gossip column.

Championship

Birmingham, external

Blackburn

Bristol City

Charlton

Coventry

Derby

Ipswich, external

Leicester

Millwall

Norwich

Oxford

Portsmouth

Preston

QPR

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Stoke

Swansea

Watford

West Brom

Wrexham

League One

AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bolton

Bradford

Burton

Cardiff

Doncaster

Exeter

Huddersfield

Leyton Orient

Lincoln

Luton

Mansfield

Northampton

Peterborough

Plymouth

Port Vale

Reading

Rotherham

Stevenage

Wigan

Wycombe

League Two

Accrington

Barnet - Released, external and retained, external

Barrow

Bristol Rovers

Bromley

Cambridge

Cheltenham

Chesterfield

Colchester

Crawley

Crewe

Fleetwood

Gillingham, external

Grimsby

Harrogate

MK Dons, external

Newport

Oldham

Shrewsbury

Swindon

Tranmere

Walsall

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2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021

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