Just like other 19 clubs in the English Premier League, Manchester United has submitted his list of 9 players that the club has released to go as free agents. This means that they can join any club that is willing to accept them without attracting any transfer fee from Manchester United. This also means that the players don’t longer have bidding contract with Manchester United.
It is a matter of policy for each club in the league to submit the list of the players they are retaining and those they are releasing towards the end of every season. This season, the Premier League gave all the clubs on or before June 23rd to submit the two lists.
However, it took the league about three days to publish the released players’ lists of the 20 clubs. In the list published on the Premier League official website, the league explained that even if a player has been said to be a free agent, his status could change before next season.
Manchester United didn’t Release Angel Gomes
Surprisedly, the name of Angel Gomes whose contract will expire in few days time was not found on the list of released players. The 19-year-old former England under-18 star has been offered a deal to keep him at the club a little longer but the football star is yet to sign it.
As it stands, if Angel Gomes fails to sign the new deal before his current contract expires, he will become a free agent and Manchester United will only have to pay a little compensation fee for him to move on.
Most of the players United released were the graduates of the club’s academy who were offered contracts but couldn’t break into the senior team. They mostly played in the United youth team and some of them have been on loan to some lower league clubs.
Chelsea Release Willian
The biggest star that is among the players that have been released his Chelsea’s Willian. The 31-year-old Brazil international has been so unsettled at the club because Chelsea refused to give him the three years contract he demanded.
The manager of the club, Frank Lampard has admitted that the club has offered him a two-year contract but failed to accept it and the club couldn’t go further than that. He will however stay and play for the club until the 2019-2020 season is over due to the contract extension he has signed.
Below are the players all the Premier League clubs have released for this season. Those that contract extension is indicated after their names will have to wait until this season is over before they can leave for another club.
Released players AFC Bournemouth
Boruc, Artur (Contract extension)
Daniels, Charlie (Contract extension)
Defoe, Jermain Colin
Francis, Simon Charles (Contract extension)
Fraser, Ryan
Hamilton, Tyrell Anthony
Ibe, Jordon Femi Ashley
Seaman, Charlie
Smith, Bradley Shaun (Contract extension)
Surman, Andrew Ronald Edward (Contract extension)
Released players of Arsenal
Omole, Tobi
Released players of Aston Villa
Bazeley, Isaiah Robert Graham
Birch, Jack David
Chester, James Grant (Contract extension)
Doyle Hayes, Jake Billy
Gonzalez Tomas, Borja
Green, Andre Jay (Contract extension)
Hepburn-Murphy, Rushian Marcus Amori
Hooper, Anton Abeku
McCormack, Ross
O’Hare, Callum Luke
Odutayo, Colin Ladipo
Sarkic, Matjia (Contract extension)
Sea, Dimitri Disseka
Searle, Jamie Spencer
Released players of Brighton & Hove Albion
Cocoracchio, Luca George
Davies, Archie
Davies, Jordan Andrew
Freestone, Lewis Jay
Kayal, Beram (Contract extension)
Keto, Hugo Oliver
Lopata, Kacper Mieczyslaw
Radulovic Samoukovic, Bojan
Schelotto, Ezequiel Matias (Contract extension)
Burnley Released Players
Bayode, Olatunde Tobias
Hart, Charles Joseph John
Legzdins, Adam Richard
Lennon, Aaron
McMahon, George James
N’Guessan, Christian Dashiell
Ogunby, Henri William
Senior, Joel Toby
Wilson, Scott John
Younger, Oliver
Chelsea Released Players
Borges Da Silva, Willian (Contract extension)
Grant, Josh
Lavinier, Marcel
Nartey, Richard Nicos Tettey
Rodriguez Ledesma, Pedro Eliezer (Contract extension)
Crystal Palace
Eyenga Lokilo, Jason
Flanagan, Kian
Henry, Dion-Curtis
Mensah, Jacob Kwabena
Tupper, Joe Daniel
Released Players of Everton
Adedoyin, Korede Yemi
Denny, Alexander
Feeney, Morgan
Foulds, Matthew Colin
Garbutt, Luke Samuel
Mampala, Manasse
Martina, Rhu-Endly Aurelio Jean-Carlo
Niasse, Baye Oumar
Phillips, Kieran James (Contract extension)
Stekelenburg, Maarten (Contract extension)
Leicester City
Bolkiah, Faiq Jefri
Davies, Rhys Paul Richard
Elewa-Ikpakwu, Edward
Johansson, Viktor Tobias
King, Andrew (Contract extension)
Kranthove, Justen Shelden
Loft, Ryan
Mendy, Nampalys (Contract extension)
Tee, Conor
Thomas, George Stanley
Liverpool
Atherton, Daniel
Christie-Davies, Isaac David
Clyne, Nathaniel Edwin
George, Shamal
Lallana, Adam David (Contract extension)
Lonergan, Andrew Michael (Contract extension)
McKenzie-Lyle, Kai
Walls, Jack
Manchester City
Agyiri, Ernest
Bravo Munoz, Claudio Andres (Contract extension)
Jimenez Silva, David Josue (Contract extension)
Scott, Thomas Henry
Released players of Manchester United
Barlow, Aidan Will
Borthwick-Jackson, Cameron Jake
Fojticek, Alex
Hamilton, Ethan Billy
McGhee, Dion Alex
Mitchell, Demetri Kareem
O’Hara, Kieran Michael
Tanner, George
Released players of Newcastle United
Charman, Luke
Colback, Jack Raymond
Elliot, Robert
Fernandez Satue, Victor
Gibson, Liam Steven
Harker, Nathan
Sterry, Jamie Michael
Released players of Norwich City
Enigbokan-Bloomfield, Mason Ozail
Hayes, Nicholas Michael
Jaiyesimi, Diallang
Johnson, William
Mourgos, Savvas
Odusina, Oluwarotimi Mark
Payne, Alfred Edward
Scully, Thomas
Released players of Sheffield United
Andall-Gibbons, Ta’Shae Ruebin Jonathan
Clarke, Leon Marvin (Contract extension)
Duffy, Mark James
Ferguson, Keenan Tyrone Glendon
Freeman, Kieron Samuel (Contract extension)
Greaves, Oliver James
Gribbin, Callum Anthony
Heneghan, Benjamin John
Holmes, Ricky Lee
Jagielka, Philip Nikodem (Contract extension)
Leak-Blunt, Connor Jay (Contract extension)
Ompreon, Samuel
Rodwell, Jack Christian (Contract extension)
Sheppeard, Harry
Thomas, Nathan
York, Reece Cable
Young, Jake Alan
Released players of Southampton
Alves Soares, Cedric Ricardo (Contract extension)
Barnes, Marcus Thomas
Cull, Alexander
Hale, Harlem
Kozak, Simon
Norton, Christian Anthony
O’Driscoll, Aaron
Rose, Jack Joseph
Yoshida, Maya
Released players of Tottenham Hotspur
Clarke, Rayan Romario (Contract extension)
Dinzeyi, Jonathan Toko Lema (Contract extension)
Hinds, Tariq Devontae Aaron
Patterson, Phoenix MacLaren (Contract extension)
Statham, Maxwell Louis (Contract extension)
Vertonghen, Jan (Contract extension)
Vorm, Michel Armand (Contract extension)
Released players of Watford
Balogun, Jamal Clinton Titilayo
Bennetts, Jayden Ugonna
Cholevas, Chose Loint (Contract extension)
Da Silva Gomes, Heurelho (Contract extension)
Folivi, Michael Kwaku
Gordon, Lewis
Green, Cameron Oliver
Hinds, Kaylen Miles
Jakubiak, Alexander Louis
Mariappa, Adrian Joseph (Contract extension)
Whelan, Callum Tyler (Contract extension)
West Ham United
El Mhassani, Anouar
Hannam, Reece Phillip Peter
Sanchez Moreno, Carlos Alberto
Watson, Louie Shaun
Zabaleta Girod, Pablo Javier
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Graham, Jordan
Johnson, Connor William
Ofosu-Ayeh, Phil
Thompson, Callum Niall
Yang, Ming-Yang
