Nottingham Forest can confirm its retained list following the conclusion of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign.
Six senior players' contracts have come to an end: André Ayew, Cafú, Jack Colback, Jesse Lingard, Jordan Smith and Lyle Taylor.
Six academy players will also depart the club as they embark on fresh chapters ahead of the 2023/24 season: Billy Fewster, Alex Gibson-Hammond, Ryan Hammond, Nicky Hogarth, Adnan Kanurić and Lewis Salmon.
The club would like to thank each player for their contributions during their time at The City Ground.
Serge Aurier has triggered an automatic one-year extension to his contract.
Keylor Navas, Dean Henderson and Renan Lodi's loan periods will expire on 30th June.
Chris Wood's loan deal from Newcastle United will become permanent from the summer transfer window open date.
Free transfer:
- André Ayew
- Cafú
- Jack Colback
- Billy Fewster
- Alex Gibson-Hammond
- Ryan Hammond
- Nicky Hogarth
- Adnan Kanurić
- Jesse Lingard
- Lewis Salmon
- Jordan Smith
- Lyle Taylor
Contract option exercised:
- Serge Aurier
Aged 24 or over under contract:
- Harry Arter
- Taiwo Awoniyi
- Willy Boly
- Josh Bowler
- Steve Cook
- Felipe
- Emmanuel Dennis
- Mohamed Dräger
- Remo Freuler
- Gustavo Scarpa
- Wayne Hennessey
- Ethan Horvath
- Cheikhou Kouyaté
- Richie Laryea
- Orel Mangala
- Scott McKenna
- Moussa Niakhaté
- Lewis O'Brien
- Omar Richards
- Jonjo Shelvey
- Sam Surridge
- Harry Toffolo
- Hwang Ui-Jo
- Joe Worrall
- Ryan Yates
Aged under 24 under contract:
- Brandon Aguilera
- Fin Back
- Giulian Biancone
- Connor Brown
- Aaron Donnelly
- Danilo
- Tyrese Fornah
- Morgan Gibbs-White
- Ben Hammond
- Riley Harbottle
- Brennan Johnson
- Pharrell Johnson
- Ateef Konaté
- Julian Larsson
- Loïc Mbe Soh
- Jamie McDonnell
- Alex Mighten
- Braian Ojeda
- Detlef Esapa Osong
- Jonathan Panzo
- George Shelvey
- Dale Taylor
- Neco Williams
Aged under 24 offered contract:
- James Clarridge
- Oliver Hammond
Scholarship year one under contract:
- Zach Abbott
- Kevin Adueni
- Danny Anisjko
- Tony Gbopo
- Georgios Lemonakis
- Henry Lister
- Elijah Morgan
- Theo Robinson
- Faruq Smith
- Joel Thompson
- Archie Whitehall
- Keehan Willows