The departure of Jamie Ward and Stephen Henderson has been confirmed, as Nottingham Forest released their retained list today.
The striker and the goalkeeper are both out of contract and will not be offered fresh terms.
The decision comes as no surprise, with both players having been well down the pecking order in the first team squad.
Ward made 38 starts and 24 sub appearances for the Reds, scoring five goals, after joining as a free agent, following the end of his contract with rivals Derby in the summer of 2015.
With Forest operating under a transfer embargo at the time, Ward was offered a long-term contract to lure him to the City Ground.
But the 33-year-old has been out of the first team picture for some time at Forest and has had loan spells at Burton, Cardiff and Charlton.
Keeper Henderson's career at the City Ground was not helped by injury, which saw him suffer a bad Achillies problem in February 2017, at Norwich.
He made 15 starts and one sub appearance for the Reds following his capture from Charlton in the summer of 2016 and has subsequently been on loan at Portsmouth and Wycombe.
A number of under-23 players have also been released, including Adam Crookes (Port Vale) and Alex Iacovitti (Oldham), who have been out on loan in the Football League recently, as well as Liam Bossin, Joe Coveney, Josef Hefele and Rudolfs Soloha.
Leo Bonatini, Sam Byram, Jack Colback, Diogo Goncalves, Saidy Janko, Pele, Molla Wague will all return to their parent clubs, following the end of their loan spells.
It is understood that West Ham defender Byram and Newcastle midfielder Colback are the two players among that group who Forest would be keen to bring back to the City Ground in the future.
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The club have also officially confirmed which senior, under-23 and under-18 players remain under contract, beyond the summer - and which academy players have been offered fresh terms.
First-team players contracted beyond June 2019:
Karim Ansarifard, Arvin Appiah, Gboly Ariyibi, Yohan Benalouane, Liam Bridcutt, Joao Carvalho, Matty Cash, Zach Clough, Jason Cummings, Tendayi Darikwa, Michael Dawson, Tobias Figueiredo, Lewis Grabban, Jorge Grant, Adlene Guedioura, Michael Hefele, Joe Lolley, Alex Milosevic, Daryl Murphy, Ben Osborn, Costel Pantilimon, Jack Robinson, Jordan Smith, Hillal Soudani, Luke Steele, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Apostolos Vellios, Tyler Walker, Ben Watson, Joe Worrall, Claudio Yacob, Ryan Yates
First-team players released:
Stephen Henderson, Jamie Ward
Loan players returning to parent club:
Leo Bonatini, Sam Byram, Jack Colback, Diogo Goncalves, Saidy Janko, Pele, Molla Wague
Academy players contracted beyond June 2019:
Keith Asare, Ethan Dekel-Daks, Toby Edser, Tyrese Fornah, Virgil Gomis, Riley Harbottle, Brennan Johnson, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Danny Preston, Jayden Richardson, George Shelvey, Victor Sodeinde
Academy players offered contracts:
Yassine En-Neyah, Owen Gallacher, Kieran Hayes, Ethan Stewart, Jake Taylor, Jordan Wright
Under 23 players released:
Liam Bossin, Joe Coveney, Adam Crookes, Josef Hefele, Alex Iacovitti, Rudolfs Soloha
Under 18 players retained for second year of scholarship:
Elliott Andrew, Nykah Liburd-Hines, Alex Mighten, Tawanda Mutoti, Samuel Sanders, Malique Spooner, Michael Statham
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Under 18 players released:
Samuel Greenwood
Under 18 players offered professional contracts:
Joshua Barnes, Max Ram, Will Swan
