Men’s First Team: Retained and released
The Club can confirm the list of retained and released players following the conclusion of the 2023/24 Sky Bet Championship season.
Five of the Men’s First Team squad have been released. These are Neil Etheridge, Gary Gardner, Scott Hogan, Marc Roberts and Ivan Sunjic.
New contracts have been offered to Lukas Jutkiewicz and John Ruddy.
A contract extension has been activated for Keshi Anderson.
A further seven young professionals have been released. Oliver Basey, Tate Campbell, Marcel Oakley, Rico Patterson, Callum Sullivan, Finley Thorndike and Kieran Wakefield will all leave Birmingham City following the expiration of their contracts.
Third-year scholars Morgan Dance and Pharrell Williams have also been released.
Five players have returned to their parent clubs. These are Emanuel Aiwu, Oliver Burke, Andre Dozzell, Cody Drameh and Jay Stansfield.
The Club thanks each player for their efforts during their time at Blues and wishes them every success in their future career moves.
Options in the Club’s favour have been exercised for Junior Dixon, Laiith Fairnie, Harley Hamilton, Sahid Kamara and Femi Olofinjana.
Rico Browne and Brad Mayo have been offered professional terms for next season.
All second-year scholars have been offered pro contracts, with further details to be confirmed during the close season.
The following players all remain under contract:
Keshi Anderson, Juninho Bacuna, Ben Beresford, Krystian Bielik, Lee Buchanan, Alfie Chang, Junior Dixon, Siriki Dembele, Romelle Donovan, Laiith Fairnie, Tommy Fogarty, George Hall, Harley Hamilton, Josh Home, Jordan James, Sahid Kamara, Brandon Khela, Ethan Laird, Emmanuel Longelo, Koji Miyoshi, Femi Olofinjana, Byron Pendleton, Paik Seung-ho, Alex Pritchard, Tyler Roberts, Dion Sanderson, Josh Williams.
