Retained lists: Every player released by Championship clubs

Preparation for Sky Bet Championship has seen quartet Billy Bodin, Marcus Browne, James Henry and Steve Seddon all released by the U’s.

We had a look at the retained lists for next season’s second tier sides, plus those promoted and relegated from the Championship during the 2023/24 campaign.

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Championship 2023/24

Blackburn Rovers (19th): Sam Barnes, Lenni Cirino, Ben Fyles, Jay Haddow, Jared Harlock, Ethan Walker, Charlie Weston.

Bristol City (11th): Matty James, Andy King, Andreas Weimann.

Cardiff City (12th): Xavier Benjamin, James Crole, Oliver Denham, Caleb Hughes, Finlay Johnson, Ryan Kavanagh, Kyle Kenniford, Rohan Luthra, Sheyi Ojo, Romaine Sawyers, Jai Semenyo, Chanka Zimba.

Coventry City (9th): Liam Kelly, Dermi Lusala, Simon Moore, Bradley Stretton.

Hull City (7th): Cyrus Christie, Aaron Connolly, Vaughn Covil, Greg Docherty, David Robson, Billy Sharp, Adama Traore.

File photo of Billy Sharp for Sheffield United during the 2022/23 season (Image: Mike Egerton/ PA Wire)

Leeds United (3rd): Charlie Allen, Luke Ayling, Lewis Bate, Keenan Carole, Stuart Dallas, Cuba Diboe, Scott Godden, Ian Poveda, Morten Spencer, Harvey Sutcliffe, Dani van den Heuvel.

Middlesbrough (8th): Paddy McNair, Liam Roberts.

Millwall (13th): Bartosz Bialkowski, Shaun Hutchinson.

Norwich City (6th): Danny Batth, Dimitris Giannoulis, Ben Gibson, Sam McCallum, Jon McCracken.

Plymouth Argyle (21st): Callum Burton, Jack Endacott, Oscar Halls.

Preston North End (10th): Greg Cunningham, Ben Woodburn.

Sheffield Wednesday (20th): Tyreeq Bakinson, Ciaran Brennan, George Byers, Juan Delgado, Lee Gregory, Reece James.

Stoke City (17th): Tyrese Campbell, Ciaran Clark, Wesley.

Sunderland (16th): Bradley Dack, Jack Diamond, Corry Evans, Ellis Taylor.

Swansea City (14th): Nathanel Ogbeta, Przemyslaw Placheta, Liam Walsh.

West Bromwich Albion (5th): Nathaniel Chalobah, Martin Kelly, Yann M’Vila, Jovan Malcolm, Matty Phillips, Erik Pieters, Adam Reach.

Watford (15th): Ashley Fletcher, Ben Hamer, Jake Livermore.

Jake Livermore plays a pass for Watford (Image: Kieran Cleeves/ PA Wire)

Relegated from the Premier League

Burnley (19th): Jack Cork, Johann Berg Gudmundsson.

Luton Town (18th): Luke Berry, Admiral Muskwe, Fred Onyedinma, Dan Potts, Elliot Thorpe.

Sheffield United (20th): George Baldock, Chris Basham, Wes Foderingham, Max Lowe, Ollie Norwood.

Promoted from the Championship

Ipswich Town (2nd): Dominic Ball, Panutche Camara, Nick Hayes, Kayden Jackson.

Leicester City (1st): Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Dennis Praet.

Southampton (4th): Stuart Armstrong.

Relegated from the Championship

Birmingham City (22nd): Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Scott Hogan, Marc Roberts, Ivan Sunjic.

Huddersfield Town (23rd): Brahima Diarra, Connor Mahoney, Yuta Nakayama, Jordan Rhodes, Aaron Rowe.

Rotherham United (24th): Tyler Blackett, Tolaji Bola, Cafu, Sam Clucas, Curtis Durose, Shane Ferguson, Nat Ford, Grant Hall, Joel Holvey, Sean Morrison, Lee Peltier.

Promoted from League One

Derby County (2nd): Dwight Gayle, Conor Hourihane, Scott Loach, Korey Smith, Martyn Waghorn, Joe Wildsmith.

OXFORD UNITED (5th): Billy Bodin, Marcus Browne, James Henry, Steve Seddon.

Portsmouth (1st): Josh Dockerill, Lee Evans, Harry Jewitt-White, Matt Macey, Josh Martin, Haji Mnoga, Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Ryan Schofield, Liam Vincent.