20-05-2025, 17:35
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We can confirm our men’s retained and released lists following the conclusion of the 2024/25 campaign.
Defender Semi Ajayi and midfielders Grady Diangana and John Swift will be leaving the club at the end of June.
Internationals Ajayi and Diangana joined in the summer of 2019 and played instrumental roles in helping the Baggies achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League in their maiden terms at The Hawthorns.
Swift joined the Baggies on a free transfer in the summer of 2022 having spent the previous six years at Reading.
Fenton Heard, Josh Shaw and Reece Hall will also be leaving the Baggies. Goalkeeper Ted Cann will also be departing, as will youngsters Ronnie Hollingshead, Archie Kirton, Matt Richards, Sam Beedie, Rhys Morrish, Corey Sears and Fran Cherchi.
The loan deals involving strikers Adam Armstrong and Will Lankshear, as well as defender Mason Holgate, finish at the end of May.
The club would like to thank all departing players for their efforts during their time at The Hawthorns and wishes them every success in the future.
Ten academy graduates have all been offered new contracts.
Attackers Reyes Cleary, Akeel Higgins, Layton Love and Eseosa Sule – who have all made their first-team debuts – are four of those players.
Goalkeeper Louis Brady, defenders Michael Parker and Alex Williams, midfielder Souleyman Mandey and forwards Dan Chimeziri and Divine Onyemachi have also been handed the chance to pen new deals with Albion.
We can confirm our men’s retained and released lists following the conclusion of the 2024/25 campaign.
Defender Semi Ajayi and midfielders Grady Diangana and John Swift will be leaving the club at the end of June.
Internationals Ajayi and Diangana joined in the summer of 2019 and played instrumental roles in helping the Baggies achieve automatic promotion to the Premier League in their maiden terms at The Hawthorns.
Swift joined the Baggies on a free transfer in the summer of 2022 having spent the previous six years at Reading.
Fenton Heard, Josh Shaw and Reece Hall will also be leaving the Baggies. Goalkeeper Ted Cann will also be departing, as will youngsters Ronnie Hollingshead, Archie Kirton, Matt Richards, Sam Beedie, Rhys Morrish, Corey Sears and Fran Cherchi.
The loan deals involving strikers Adam Armstrong and Will Lankshear, as well as defender Mason Holgate, finish at the end of May.
The club would like to thank all departing players for their efforts during their time at The Hawthorns and wishes them every success in the future.
Ten academy graduates have all been offered new contracts.
Attackers Reyes Cleary, Akeel Higgins, Layton Love and Eseosa Sule – who have all made their first-team debuts – are four of those players.
Goalkeeper Louis Brady, defenders Michael Parker and Alex Williams, midfielder Souleyman Mandey and forwards Dan Chimeziri and Divine Onyemachi have also been handed the chance to pen new deals with Albion.