Frank Lampard releases eight Coventry stars after gut-wrenching Championship play-off defeat to Sunderland
Frank Lampard, who landed the job in November, led the Sky Blues on an incredible surge up the table to finish fifth.
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Coventry have released eight players
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Jamie Paterson has left after just eight games
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But they remain in the Championship after
Coventry have announced their
The 33-year-old was at the club for three months and managed eight appearances.
But he has not been offered a new contract and will join League One side
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Academy graduates Jack Burroughs, Ryan Howley and Cian Tyler have also been shown the exit door.
Burroughs, 24, joined
But he has spent recent seasons out on loan at Lincoln, Kilmarnock and Ross County.
Howley, 21, played eight times in total and was with Scottish Championship side Ayr United on loan last season.
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Tyler, 23, is another who has been at Coventry since he was a schoolboy, but he never managed a first-team game.
Under-21 quartet Aston Ellard, Daniel Rachel, Kain Ryan and Jayden Smith have also left the club.
Coventry have decided to trigger one-year extension options in the contracts of midfielder Jamie Allen and goalkeeper Luke Bell.
Allen, 30, has been in the squad for the last six seasons and he has featured 151 times for the club.
Bell, 21, joined from
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Jamie Allen will remain with the club
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