Abou Diaby, Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson and Jonás Gutiérrez are among the high-profile names who have been included on Premier League clubs’ released players list.
The 20 clubs – as of the 2014-15 season – are required to submit their retained and released lists to the Premier League by the third Saturday in May. They are not definite given some of the named players are likely to be offered fresh contracts with their current employers having seen their existing deals end. But in many cases, it is a case of thank you and goodbye .
That is certainly the case for Diaby, who made only 124 appearances for Arsenal having signed from Auxerre in 2006 because of persistent and serious injury problems.
Everton have confirmed Distin, who joined them in 2009, is definitely leaving the club, alongside Antolín Alcaraz, while Johnson is on his way out of Liverpool having also arrived on Merseyside in 2009. He is joined at the Anfield exit door by the Australian goalkeeper Brad Jones.
Gutiérrez’s departure from Newcastle was confirmed at the end of last month, and it was later revealed that the 31-year-old found out that he was no longer wanted at St James’ Park via a second-hand phone call.
Ron Vlaar and Wes Brown are also on the released players’ list but are among those who are likely to be offered new contracts by their current clubs.
Players on Premier League clubs’ released list
Arsenal
Semi Ajayi
Abou Diaby
Jack Jebb
Austin Lipman
Ryo Miyaichi
Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill
Josh Vickers
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
