Colchester United have released a number of players that are out of contract this summer.
Having finished the 2020/21 season on Saturday with a draw that saw a twentieth place finish in League Two, the U's have released their retained list for the 2021/22 campaign.
New Head Coach Hayden Mullins said of the first step towards putting together the U's squad for 21/22: "There’s not many we’re retaining for next season and there is an exciting opportunity for some new players to come in. There’s going to be a fair bit of movement this year."
"It’s a great opportunity to get some really good players in the door. There’s a lot of work that’s been going on behind the scenes - and it’s not just the last week, it’s been happening for a while.
"We’ve got our targets, we want to get the right ones, the key ones, and we want to make it happen."
Players under contract for the 2021/22 season:
Dean Gerken
Shamal George
Tommy Smith
Miles Welch-Hayes
Noah Chilvers
Kwame Poku
Brendan Wiredu
Players offered new contracts:
Tom Eastman
Ryan Clampin
Sam Cornish
Billy Cracknell
Players still awaiting discussions and/or decisions:
Ben Stevenson
Michael Folivi
Players out of contract and released:
Josh Bohui
Jevani Brown
Callum Coulter
Paris Cowan-Hall
Luke Gambin
Callum Harriott
Tom Lapslie
Harry Pell
Courtney Senior
Omar Sowunmi
Diaz Wright
Academy players under contract or offered third year scholorship contracts:
Marley Marshall Miranda
Harvey Sayer
Jake Hutchinson
Al Amin Kazeem
Diogo Freitas Gouviea
Andre Hassanally
Ted Collins
Gene Kennedy
Donnell Thomas
Lordon Akolbire
Tom Stagg