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Every League One club’s retained list after EFL deadline
Every League One club has now announced who is still under contract with each respective side, with Oxford United announcing 10 departures last month due to expired contracts.
Listed below are each clubs confirmed contracted players for the 2026/27 campaign.
AFC Wimbledon
Nathan Bishop, Ryan Johnson, Marcus Browne, Alistair Smith, Matty Stevens, Antwoine Hackford, Delano McCoy-Splatt, Osman Foyo, Joe McDonnell, Riley Horan, Ed Leach, Junior Nkeng, Isaac Ogundere
Barnsley
Connor Barratt, Jonathan Bland, Reyes Cleary, Leo Farrell, Kieren Flavell, Georgie Gent, Patrick Kelly, Charlie Lennon, Rogan Ravenhill, Fabio Jalo, Vimal Yoganathan, Luca Connell, Josh Earl, Kacper Lopata, Kelechi Nwakali, Corey O’Keeffe, Jackson Smith
Blackpool
Zac Ashworth, Tom Bloxham, Josh Bowler, Jordan Brown, James Butterworth, Leighton Clarkson, Hayden Coulson, Niall Ennis, George Honeyman, Fraser Horsfall, Michael Ihiekwe, Spencer Knight, Oluchi Nwankwo, Franco Ravizzoli, Jack Richardson, Dale Taylor, Theo Upton, Billy Whaite
Bradford City
Sam Walker, Ibou Touray, Joe Wright, Max Power, Josh Neufville, Stephen Humphrys, Kayden Jackson, Tommy Leigh, Jenson Metcalfe, Bobby Pointon, Will Swan, Curtis Tilt, Matt Pennington, Harry Ibbitson, Zac Hadi, George Lapslie
Bromley
Kyle Cameron, Ben Thompson, Michael Cheek, Mitch Pinnock, Nicke Kambamba, Will Hondermarck, Soul Kader, Josh Tobin, Alex Stepien-Iwumene, Nathan Paul-Lavaly
Burton Albion
Udoka Godwin-Malifé, Kegs Chauke, Terence Vancooten, Toby Sibbick, Charlie Webster, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade, Nick Akoto, Kyran Lofthouse, Dylan Williams, Jason Sraha, Jordan Amissah, Julian Larsson, Ciaran Gilligan, Finn Delap, Kamil Dudek, Millar Matthews-Lewis, Kain Adom, Sulyman Krubally, Jack Cooper-Love, Alex Bannon, Tomas Kalinauskas
Cambridge United
Louis Appere, Dominic Ball, Liam Bennett, Zak Bradshaw, George Hoddle, Ben Hughes, Mamadou Jobe, Kell Watts, Sullay Kaikai, Ben Knight, Ryan Loft, Glenn McConnell, Pelly Ruddock-Mpanzu, Zeno Ibsen Rossi
Doncaster Rovers
Jamie Sterry, Owen Bailey, Matthew Pearson, Jay McGrath, Luke Molyneux, George Broadbent, Brandon Hanlan, Tom Nixon, Darren Robinson, Robbie Gotts, Bayley McCann, Sean Grehan, Samuel Straughan-Brown, Kasper Williams, Lincoln Pawlak, Hakeeb Adelakun
Huddersfield Town
Ryan Ledson, Marcus Harness, Lee Nicholls, Murray Wallace, Lasse Sorensen, Seán Roughan, Joe Low, Radinio Balker, Alfie May, Lynden Gooch, David Kasumu, Bali Mumba, Bojan Radulović,, Dion Charles, Cameron Ashia, Joe Taylor, Herbie Kane, Marcus McGuane, Jack Whatmough, Jak Alnwick, Antony Evans, Jacob Chapman, Rhys Healey, Tom Iorpenda, George Iorpenda, Max Murray, Sahil Bashir, Ian Togo, Marlie Neil
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Leicester City
Fran Vieites, Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Caleb Okoli, Harry Souttar, Jannik Vestergaard, Luke Thomas, Victory Kristiansen, Woyo Coulibaly, Hamza Choudhury, Harry Winks, Michael Golding, Oliver Skipp, Will Alves, Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Leyton Orient
Noah Phillips, Killian Cahill, James Morris, Will Forrester, Michael Craig, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Phil Chinedu, Anduan Hajdini, Sean Clare, Ollie O’Neill, Idris El Mizouni, Demetri Mitchell, Tyreeq Bakinson, Azeem Abdulai, Dylan Levitt, Charlie Wellens, Zech Obiero, Dan Carter, Aaron Connolly, Dom Ballard, Josh Koroma, Sonny Perkins, Lemar Gordon
Luton Town
Ethon Archer, Christian Chigozie, Joe Gbodé, Joe Johnson, Josh Keeley, Gideon Kodua, Jayden Luker, Oli Lynch, Christ Makosso, Jake Richards, Sverre Sandal, Reuell Walters, Millenic Alli, Mads Andersen, Shandon Baptiste, Devante Cole, Thomas Holmes, Isaiah Jones, Teden Mengi, Shayden Morris, Kal Naismith, Lasse Nordås, Hakeem Odoffin, George Saville, James Shea, Nahki Wells, Cauley Woodrow, Jerry Yates
Mansfield Town
Frazer Blake-Tracy, Luke Bolton, Baily Cargill, Regan Hendry, Kyle Knoyle, Harry Lewis, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Rhys Oates, Deji Oshilaja, Louis Reed, Liam Roberts, Ryan Sweeney
Milton Keynes Dons
Will Collar, Aaron Collins, Dan Crowley, Marvin Ekpiteta, Alex Gilbey, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Gethin Jones, Liam Kelly, Craig MacGillvray, Jay Matete, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Curtis Nelson, Callum Paterson, Jack Sanders, Seb Stacey, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Callum Tripp, Charlie Waller, Ben Wiles, Kane Wilson
Notts County
Jacob Bedeau, James Belshaw, Luke Browne, Matthew Dennis, Beck-Ray Enoru, Conor Grant, Harry Griffiths, Alassana Jatta,, Jodi Jones, Lee Ndlovu, Lucas Ness, Matt Palmer, Ryley Reynolds, Scott Robertson, Kelle Roos, Mai Traore
Oxford United
Jamie Cumming, Matt Ingram, Simon Eastwood, Brodie Spencer, Sam Long, Peter Kioso, Michal Helik, James Golding, Ciaron Brown, Jack Currie, Ruben Roosken, Greg Leigh, Cameron Brannagan, Jamie McDonnell, Brian De Keersmaecker, Will Vaulks, Louie Sibley, Stan Mills, Tyler Goodrham, Ole Romeny, Aidomo Emakhu, Jeon Jin-woo, Siriki Dembele, Marselino Ferdinan, Mark Harris, Nik Prelec, Gatlin O’Donkor
Peterborough United
Alex Bass , Carl Johnston, James Dornelly, Harley Mills, David Okagbue, Sam Hughes, Rio Adebisi, Lucca Mendonca, Matt Garbett, Brandon Khela, Ben Woods, Kyrell Lisbie, Patryk Sykut, Pemi Aderoju, David Kamara, Harry Leonard, Noah Freeman, Ejiro Abbey, Eddie Fox, Joe Andrews
Plymouth Argyle
Mathias Ross, Jack MacKenzie, Brendan Wiredu, Julio Pleguezuelo, Lorent Tolaj, Xavier Amaechi, Caleb Watts, Owen Oseni, Malachi Boateng, Bradley Ibrahim, Bim Pepple, Ronan Curtis, Matty Sorinola, Michael Baidoo, Caleb Roberts, Freddie Issaka, Tegan Finn, Seb Campbell
Reading
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan, Liam Fraser, Daniel Kyerewaa, Matt Ritchie, Charlie Savage, Jack Stevens, Derrick Williams, Randell Williams, Paddy Lane, Jack Marriott, Joel Pereira, Haydon Roberts, Lewis Wing, Paudie O’Connor, Benn Ward
Sheffield Wednesday
(According to Transfermarkt) Pierce Charles, Logan Stretch, Di’Shon Bernard, Gabriel Otegbayo, Cole McGhee, Yan Valery, Sean Fusire, Liam Palmer, Jarvis Thornton, Svante Ingelsson, Olaf Kobacki, Ike Ugbo, Charlie McNeill, Jamal Lowe
Stevenage
Chem Campbell, Joe Knight, Jovan Malcolm, Filip Marschall, Jack Taylor, Dan Butler, Lewis Freestone, Jordan Houghton, Luther James-Wildin, Dan Kemp, Jasper Pattenden, Phoenix Patterson, Carl Piergianni, Jamie Reid, Jordan Roberts, Louis Thompson, Saxon Earley, Dan Phillips
Stockport County
Corey Addai, Andrew Wogan, Ethan Pye, Jospeh Olowu, Brad Hills, Arttu Hoskonen, Josh Darces-Cogley, Tayo Edun, Che Gardner, Jay Mingi, Ryan Rydel, Christy Grogan, Owen Dodgson, Callum Camps, Lewis Fiorini, Ollie Norwood, Jack Diamond, Malik Mothersille, Jayden Fevrier, Owen Moxon, Lewis Bate, Adama Sidibeh, Arian Allen, Benony Breki Andresson, Kyle Wootton
Wigan Athletic
Sam Tickle, Tom Watson, Matteo Spinelli, James Carragher, Jon Mellish, Morgan Fox, K’Marni Miller, Kai Payne, Tobias Brenan, Fraser Murphy, Dara Costelloe, Christian Saydee
Wycombe Wanderers
Aaron Morley, Alex Lowry, Anders Hagelskjaer, Bradley Fink, Caolan Boyd-Munce, Connor Taylor, Dan Casey, Dan Harvie, Declan Skura, Ewan Henderson, Jack Grimmer, Jack Matton, James Berry, James Tilley, Jamie Mullins, Joseph McCallum, Josh Scowen, Junior Quitirna, Luke Leahy, Mikki Van Sas, Stuart Moore, Taylor Allen
The U’s are looking to strengthen after their relegation from the Championship last season, with a new striker wanted by supporters after the return of fan favourite Will Lankshear to his parent club Tottenham Hotspur.
Chaplin spent last season on loan at boyhood club Portsmouth as the club survived in the second tier, the 29-year-old scoring twice and managing one assist in 40 appearances.
Meanwhile, his parent club Ipswich secured promotion to the Premier League by finishing second in the league only behind runaway champions Coventry City.
The Englishman was key in the Tractor Boys’ League One promotion-winning season where they finished second, Chaplin scoring 26 goals that year to win the division’s Golden Boot award, joint with Peterborough United’s Jonson Clarke-Harris.
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He was also awarded Ipswich’s Player of the Season award and included in the League One Team of the Season.
Chaplin then struck 13 goals in the Championship as the Suffolk side were promoted again, before suffering relegation from the Premier League the year after.
The attacking midfielder was released by Ipswich last month following their return to the top flight and SportsBoom are reporting that Oxford have ‘expressed an interest’ in signing the free agent.
With experience in the top tiers of English football and proof of goal scoring prowess in League One, Chaplin would be a sensible addition to the U’s ranks.
Tottenham Hotspur want £20 million for 21-year-old Will Lankshear and have turned down multiple bids for him, according to Hayters.
The ex-U’s striker, who was the club’s top scorer last term with 12 goals in all competitions, is highly rated by his parent side who narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League last season finishing two points above the drop zone.
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However, they haven’t ruled out selling him if the right offer comes in with Portuguese side Sporting CP reportedly interested.
In addition Spurs is also considering another loan move for Lankshear to a Championship club, although the London team is looking to fund a summer spending spree that has already seen a £52 million bid for defender Jan Paul Van Hecke accepted by Brighton.
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Lankshear has made three Premier League appearances for Spurs as well as scoring one goal in three Europa League features.
In a breakout season in men’s football, the England youth international became a fan favourite in OX4 for his tenacity and goal scoring success in a struggling Championship team.
The 21-year-old’s attitude off the pitch also endeared the fans to his name, with the player crediting the club as the place where it all began ahead of a hopefully successful career.
The U’s will play host to the Tractor Boys on Saturday, August 1, with kick-off scheduled for 12:00PM.
The fixture is the fourth pre-season friendly confirmed by the club and the first from a division higher than League One, where Oxford will compete next term.
United will face National League side Aldershot Town (Tuesday, July 21) and League Two club Barnet (Saturday, July 25) away from home before the welcoming of another fourth-tier outfit Crawley Town (Tuesday, July 28).
The U’s have also confirmed that tickets for the trip to Aldershot are now on sale.
Oxford played Ipswich twice in the Championship last season as Matt Bloomfield’s side suffered relegation whilst the Suffolk club were promoted to the Premier League, finishing second.
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Under former head coach Gary Rowett, the Yellows pulled off a shock 2-1 victory against Kieran McKenna’s men in OX4 in late November, Mark Harris and Przemyslaw Placheta scoring the goals.
They were defeated 2-1, however, in the second fixture, Will Lankshear scoring the only goal for the U’s at Portman Road.
The Tractor Boys are currently on the hunt for a new manager after McKenna stepped down last week in order to take a break from football management.
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