Every Championship player released so far as Middlesbrough target new faces

With Middlesbrough’s Championship status now confirmed for another season after Wednesday’s disappointing defeat to Coventry City, the club can now press ahead with recruitment plans for the summer ahead.

With obvious ambitions to strengthen Michael Carrick’s squad ready for another push for promotion next term, Carrick had been planning with club recruitment officials for many months with the summer in mind, admitting that until Boro’s fate was sealed the club were having to prepare for two eventualities.

With Boro missing out on promotion in the end, however, there is now clarity for Boro in terms of what they will be recruiting for, and the budgets they will have with which to do that. But the club proved last summer that good players can be picked up on free transfers too, with backup goalkeeper Liam Roberts arriving on a free, as did, more significantly, Darragh Lenihan.

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Boro are yet to release their retained list yet, but Championship clubs up and down the country are now starting to announce the players they will be releasing this summer and thus making available for free, which might draw the attention of Boro’s recruitment team. here’s a full list of Championship players set for release so far.

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Blackpool

Released: Liam Bridcutt, Luke Garbutt, Harvey Hughes, Beryly Lubala, Gary Madine, Chris Maxwell, Kevin Stewart, Joe Strawn, Keshi Anderson, Stuart Moore, Curtis Nelson, Jordan Thorniley.

Blackburn Rovers

Released: Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Diaz, Daniel Ayala, Dan Butterworth, Dan Pike, Sam Burns, Aidan Dowling

Huddersfield Town

Released: Josh Ruffels, Tomas Vaclik, Florian Kamberi, Rolando Aarons, Ryan Schofield, Matty Daly, Romoney Critchlow, Danny Grant

May 21, 2023