West Brom release FOURTEEN players including ex-Chelsea and Arsenal stars after collapsing at end of Championship season
The Baggies saw their promotion dreams fall off a cliff after the arrival of manager Tony Mowbray in January.
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Tony Mowbray led West Brom to a second-half of the season collapse
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Grady Diangana is one of fourteen West Brom players to be released
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But after Mowbray managed just five wins in 18 games, West Brom fell out of contention and
Baggies captain
He told the BBC: "At times like this you have to look at yourself - as a group of players you have to look at yourself and say how many of us have had a good season? I know I certainly haven't."
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Now the club seems to have taken a similar stance after releasing
FOURTEEN
first team stars on their retained list.
Those names include former
Swift, 29, leaves West Brom after making over 125 appearances for the club since his switch from Reading in 2022.
While 38-time Nigeria international Ajayi, who spent two years with
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John Swift has been released by West Brom
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Semi Ajayi has also been let go
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Joining them on the list of released players is former
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A host of youngsters such as Fenton Heard, Josh Shaw and Reece Hall have all been let go too.
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West Brom will also lose three top loan stars in Mason Holgate, Adam Armstrong and Will Lankshear.
The trio are all set to return to their parent clubs of
West Brom retained list 2024/2025
Here's a look at the full retained list for West Brom following the 2024/25 Championship season...
Released
Semi Ajayi
Grady Diangana
John Swift
Fenton Heard
Reece Hall
Josh Shaw
Ted Cann
Ronnie Hollingshead
Archie Kirton
Matt Richards
Sam Beedie
Fran Cherchi
Rhys Morrish
Corey Sears
Loan spell ending
Mason Holgate
Adam Armstrong
Will Lankshear
Contract offered
Reyes Cleary
Akeel Higgins
Layton Love
Michael Parker
Eseosa Sule
Alex Williams
Louis Brady
Dan Chimeziri
Souleyman Mandey
Divine Onyemachi
Returning from loan
Caleb Taylor
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