FORMER VALE PLAYERS AMONG THOSE LOOKING TO FIND A NEW CLUB

NORMALLY at this time of year, fans and managers would be looking at retained lists to see which free agents would suit their club.

But the situation is different this year because of the huge uncertainty in the lower divisions of the EFL. Clubs don’t know when next season will start having already decided they couldn’t afford to finish the 2019/20 campaign without crowds.

So, the normal transfer business of League Two is very different this summer. For example, Port Vale manager John Askey has already made it clear that, while he is talking to agents, his club isn’t in a position to sign new players until they have certainty about next season.

But even so, managers and fans will be viewing retained lists with some interest to see which players are available for when League Two football can eventually resume.

Here are all the players released so far by League Two clubs…

BRADFORD CITY: Kelvin Mellor, Jake Reeves, Shay Mccartan, Jordan Gibson, Jermaine Anderson, Hope Akpan, Adam Henley, Daniel Devine, Joe Riley and George Sykes-kenworthy.

CAMBRIDGE UNITED: Dan Jones, Jabo Ibehre, Reggie Lambe, Samir Carruthers, George Taft, Paul Lewis, Sam Bennett, Jordan Norville-williams and Fin Iron.

CARLISLE UNITED: Adam Collin, Kelvin Etuhu, Louis Gray, Jack Iredale, Mike Jones, Keightan Kerr, Nathaniel Knight-percival, Harry Mckirdy, Mo Sagaf, Stefan Scougall.

COLCHESTER UNITED: Colchester haven’t issued a full retained list, but have said they can’t afford to offer new deals to four first team players because of the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis. Those players are: Luke Prosser, Frank Nouble, Ryan Jackson and Brandon Comley.

GRIMSBY: Bradley Garmston, Harry Davis, Brandon Buckley, Elliott Whitehouse, Elliot Grandin, Jake Hessenthaler, Harry Cardwell, Ahkeem Rose and Jordan Cook.

MANSFIELD: Craig Davies, Krystian Pearce, Neal Bishop, Otis Khan, Conrad Logan, Alex Macdonald, Robert Olejnik, Matt

Preston, Omari Sterlingjames, Noah Stokes, Hayden White.

PORT VALE: Will Atkinson, Callum Evans, Kieran Kennedy, Ryan Lloyd, Johnny Maddison, Jordan Macfarlane-archer.

SALFORD: Chris Neal, Michael O’connor, Josh Askew, Craig Conway, Darron Gibson, Kieran Glynn, Kyle Letheren, Nathan Pond, Devante Rodney, Mark Shelton and Scott Wiseman.

SCUNTHORPE: Yasin Ben El-mhanni, Cameron Burgess, Andy Butler, Jordan Clarke, Adam Hammill, James Horsfield, Rory Mcardle, Kgosi Ntlhe, James Perch, Yann Dongo’o, Levi Sutton.

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