It’s a sad day as the Premier League has announced the release of the following players. Some (Vlaar and Wes Brown) are expected to be offered new deals. All others should be free signings for Football Manager 2016. Please see our extended list of other players that will be on free contracts.
Arsenal
- Semi Ajayi
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- Abou Diaby
- Jack Jebb
- Austin Lipman
- Ryo Miyaichi
- Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill
- Josh Vicker
Aston Villa
- Darren Bent
- Graham Burke
- Alfie Crooks
- Christopher Herd
- Craig Hill
- Bradley Lewis
- Isaac Nehemie
- Daniel O’Brien
- Enda Stevens
- Thomas Strain
- Ron Vlaar
- Courtney Wildin
Burnley
- Cameron Howieson
- Steven Reid
- Ross Wallace
Chelsea
- Didier Drogba
Crystal Palace
- Shola Ameobi
- Michael Chambers
- Kyle De Silva
- Stephen Dobbie
- Owen Garvan
- Brede Hangeland
- Lewis Price
- Peter Ramage
- Ghassimu Sow
- Jerome Thomas
Everton
- Antolín Alcaraz
- Sylvain Distin
- George Green
- Curtis Langton
- John Lundstram
- Ben McLaughlin
Hull City
- Joseph Cracknell
- Leon Dawson
- Joseph Dudgeon
- Maynor Figueroa
- Stephen Harper
- John Mahon
- Jonathon Margetts
- Eoghan McCawl
- Paul McShane
- Mark Oxley
- Liam Rosenior
- Yannick Sagbo
- Sam Topliss
Leicester City
- Zoumana Bakayogo
- Marcel Barrington
- Adam Dawson
- Paul Gallagher
- Kieran Kennedy
- Conrad Logan
- Herve Pepe-Ngoma
- Louis Rowley
- Gary Taylor-Fletcher
- Matthew Upson
Liverpool
- Steven Gerrard
- Glen Johnson
- Brad Jones
- Jordan Lussey
- Marc Pelosi
Manchester City
- Adam Drury
- John Guidetti
- Frank Lampard
- Greg Leigh
- Dominic Oduro
- Micah Richards
Manchester United
- Benjamin Amos
- Tom Cleverley
- Callum Evans
- Ryan McConnell
- Thomas Thorpe
Newcastle United
- Jak lnwick
- Adam Campbell
- Jonás Gutierrez
- Remie Streete
- Ryan Taylor
QPR
- Bruno Andrade
- Joey Barton
- Richard Dunne
- Rio Ferdinand
- Jordan Gibbons
- Karl Henry
- Aaron Lennox
- Brian Murphy
- Jamie Sendles-White
- Shaun Wright-Phillips
- Bobby Zamora
Southampton
- Artur Boruc
- Cody Cropper
- Jos Hooiveld
- Chris Johns
- Omar Rowe
- Jake Sinclair
Stoke City
- Oluwatomisin Adeloye
- James Alabi
- Sam Coulson
- Alex Grant
- Wilson Palacios
- Robbie Parry
- Nathan Ricketts-Hopkinson
- Thomas Sorensen
- Adam Thomas
- Charlie Ward
- Elliot Wheeler
- Andrew Wilkinson
Sunderland
- Wes Brown
- Peter Burke
- Andrew Cartwright
- Joel Dixon
- Tom McNamee
- Anthony Réveillère
Swansea City
- Thomas Atyeo
- David Cornell
- Rory Donnelly
- Corey Francis
- Giancarlo Gallifuoco
- Joseph Jones
- Kurtis March
- Curtis Obeng
- Gareth Owen
- Scott Tancock
- Alan Tate
- Gerhard Tremmel
Tottenham Hotspur
- Jordan Archer
- Cristian Ceballos
- Brad Friedel
- Bongani Khumalo
- Aaron McEneff
- Alexander McQueen
- Jonathan Miles
West Bromwich Albion
- Wesley Atkinson
- Christopher Baird
- Aaron Birch
- Jason Davidson
- Bradley Garmston
- Alexander Jones
- Gareth McAuley
- Youssouf Mulumbu
- Mani O’Sullivan
West Ham United
- Kieran Bywater
- Carlton Cole
- Nenê
- Guy Demel
- Juusi Jaaskelainen
- Sean Maguire
- Paul McCallum
- Daniel Potts
