Leeds United can confirm that seven senior professionals who are out of contract will not be offered new deals and will be released by the club.
The released list includes Jamie Ashdown, Michael Brown, El-Hadji Diouf, Adam Drury, Paul Green, Danny Pugh and Luke Varney.
United have taken up the option to extend the contracts of Alex Cairns and Afolabi Coker.
Young professionals Charlie Taylor and Ross Killock have been offered new contracts at the club.
In addition, young professionals Simon Lenighan, Nathan Turner, Lewis Turner, Richard Bryan, Smith Tiesse and Gboly Ariyibi will be released and will be able to find new clubs.
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posted on 17/5/14
Massively disagree with Cairns been renewed. Ashdown over him every day of the year.
comment by Lubo - Struijk of Genius (U14008)
posted on 17/5/14
comment by Pro - WSAIWB - 'Whoever Is The Manager' Out!! (U7053)
posted 9 hours, 36 minutes ago
Massively disagree with Cairns been renewed. Ashdown over him every day of the year.
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Except Ashdown is older and perpetually injured
comment by Stevie Dee (U10061)
posted on 17/5/14
Good keeper though and Cairns hasn't come through yet. Let's hope that there's some truth in the Bentley story and that Paddy will be on his toes before too long.
comment by Long Short Tall 666 (U19233)
posted on 17/5/14
That has probably swiped £150k or more off the monthly debt.
And none were standout regulars, but were replacement players in case of injuries. And with Cellino saying we had too many players on the books anyway, I doubt any of these will be replaced.
I think we will need to sell a few more to reduce the wage bill further before we see anyone coming in to take a wage
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted on 17/5/14
Problem is we replace with more deadwood.
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Yorkie, quality costs money.
posted on 17/5/14
Except Ashdown is older and perpetually injured
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Yes but Cairns is the worse keeper and is not going to make it.
Do you know why Ashdown was not retained? Because it was a choice of Cairns or Ashdown as backup keeper and Cairns was the cheaper option. The situation with Cairns will be dealt with next year hence why he was only given an extra year. He's a short term solution to not a major problem area.
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted on 17/5/14
He's a short term solution to not a major problem area.
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I'd say it's one of our biggest problem areas.
Defence was woeful, of which Paddy was a part, and when he was injured, Cairns wasn't trusted to step up.
So why retain Cairns?
comment by WeallloveLUFC (U9685)
posted on 17/5/14
When I've seen Cairns, only 2-3 times it was on game highlights or on games being streamed live for some reason, he looked far from convincing. Is he just being kept because he came through the Academy and that's what Cellino wants? Hope it's not the case
comment by WeallloveLUFC (U9685)
posted on 17/5/14
in not on, fookin iphone
posted on 17/5/14
Jonty
I'd be more than happy to have Paddy for next season. Paddy was better than Butland when he played.
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