Cherries confirm released and retained list after record-breaking season
THE Cherries have confirmed their released and retained list after the 2024/25 Premier League season.
With no first team players out of contract, every player in the squad which played a part in a record-breaking campaign has been retained.
Kepa Arrizabalaga returns to his parent club of Chelsea, amid reports that Arsenal are advancing a deal to sign the Spaniard.
Max Aarons, Philip Billing, Romain Faivre, Eli Junior Kroupi, Chris Mepham, Neto, Alex Paulsen, Joe Rothwell, Hamed Traore and Mark Travers all return from their loans.
In the development squad, seven players have been offered contracts: Mack Allan, Ollie Morgan, Ashley Clarke, Karlos Gregory, Remy Rees-Dottin, Jonny Stuttle and Harold William.
Lewis Brown, Coby Small, Kian Tydeman and Toure Williams have been released, while 13 players, including those which picked up first team experience last season, have been retained.
Two second-year scholars, Malachi Ogunleye and Charlie Stevens, have been retained, while nine have been released.
Read the full released and retained list here.
First team - Retained
Max Aarons
Tyler Adams
Matai Akinmboni
Julián Araujo
Owen Bevan
Philip Billing
David Brooks
Ryan Christie
Lewis Cook
Will Dennis
Evanilson
Romain Faivre
James Hill
Daniel Jebbison
Milos Kerkez
Justin Kluivert
Eli Junior Kroupi
Callan McKenna
Chris Mepham
Neto
Dango Ouattara
Alex Paulsen
Joe Rothwell
Alex Scott
Antoine Semenyo
Marcos Senesi
Luis Sinisterra
Adam Smith
Julio Soler
Marcus Tavernier
Hamed Traorè
Mark Travers
Enes Ünal
Illia Zabarnyi
First team - Not retained
Kepa Arrizabalaga (Returning to parent club)
Development squad - Retained
Daniel Adu-Adjei
Noa Boutin
Kai Crampton
Michael Dacosta Gonzalez
Archie Harris
Max Kinsey
Balraj Landa
Koby Mottoh
Charlie Osborne
Dominic Sadi
Zain Silcott-Duberry
Finn Tonks
Ben Winterburn
Development squad - Contract offers
Mack Allan
Ashley Clarke
Karlos Gregory
Ollie Morgan
Remy Rees-Dottin
Jonny Stuttle
Harold William
Development squad - Not retained
Lewis Brown
Coby Small
Kian Tydeman
Toure Williams
Second-year scholars - Retained
Malachi Ogunleye
Charlie Stevens
Second-year scholars - Not retained
Ryan Carroll
Joshua Hamilton-Olise
Kashanga Kasukumya
Teodor Minchev
Sonny Parkes
Joshua Salmon
William Seeley
Tommy Whitehead
Jay Williams
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