COYLE STAYS AT THE TIGERS
CITY ISSUE RETAINED LIST IN SUMMER OF REBUILDING
HULL City have confirmed they’ve taken the option on the contracts of both Lewie Coyle and Greg Docherty with the pair coming to the end of their respective contracts after the club released its retained list yesterday.
Both Coyle and Docherty have been key members of Liam Rosenior’s squad this season and will be retained this summer, while Vaughn Covil’s 12-month option has also been activated as he continues his recovery from a serious knee injury.
Callum Elder will leave City after four years at the club, as Rosenior confirmed prior to the final game of the season at Luton Town.
Tyler Smith and Billy Chadwick will be released when their contracts expire on June 30, while loan players Karl Darlow, Aaron Connolly, Dimitrios Pelkas and Malcolm Ebiowei have gone back to their respective clubs.
Boss Rosenior is keen to sign Darlow on a permanent basis and discussions with Newcastle United will be stepped up once the Magpies’ Premier League season comes to an end later this month
Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter’s loan will officially end in line with the other four, though he returned to Stamford Bridge earlier this season due to injury having not featured since appearing on the bench at Watford in mid-december.
Goalkeeper David Robson, who made his senior debut in the Carabao Cup defeat to Bradford City in
August has been offered fresh terms, while Jevon Mills has penned a new one-year agreement with the club holding the option of extending it by a further 12 months.
Meanwhile, in the Under-21s, Harry Fisk, Sincere Hall, Alfie Taylor, Jake Leake, Tom Nixon, Oliver Green and Will Jarvis have seen their option years activated with the club in discussions over new longer-term deals.
However, Tom Macauley, Louie Chorlton, Harry Lovick, Harry
Wallis, Josh Hinds and Mccauley Snelgrove will all leave after new deals were not offered.
In the Under-18s, Jake Brown and Kyle Fanning have been offered professional contracts and will move into the Under-21s ahead of next season, with Ben Voase, James Carr, Keegan Green, Aman Panesar and Glen Sani all leaving.
First-year scholars George Wilson, Archie Cooper, Paul Iggulden, Sam Jackson, Anthony Onoh, Rocco Coyle, Cameron Gray, Mason Johnson, Sam Opoku, Jaedyn Chibanga, Ronnie Kelly, Ralph Nkomba and Harry Spence are moving into their second year.
Archie Howard, Joe Batty, Stan Ashbee, Ed Devine, Harry Revill, Lucas Dawson, Alfie Perry, Aidan Durkan and Stan Hewitt have been playing in the Under-16s and will be given two-year scholarships and are moving into the Under-18s as firstyear scholars.
“We would like to thank all departing players for their efforts during their time with the club and wish them well for the future,” City added.