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AFC Wimbledon have offered new contracts to Ethan Chislett and Aaron Pierre but George Marsh is among seven players who have been released.

Midfielder Chislett, 24, scored 11 goals in 51 appearances as the Dons finished 21st in League Two.

Defender Pierre, 30, netted once in 10 outings, while midfielder Marsh, 24, featured 30 times in all competitions.

The Dons have taken up an option to extend the deal of 20-year-old defender Isaac Ogundere.

However, Dylan Adjei-Hersey, Elliott Bolton, Aaron Cosgrave, David Fisher, Kwaku Frimpong and Luke Jenkins will join Marsh in leaving the Cherry Red Records Stadium.

Chris Gunter will also exit the south-west London club, having announced his retirement last week.

Nineteen other players remain under contract for next season, including goalkeeper Nik Tzanev, defender Will Nightingale and forwards Ali Al-Hamadi and Josh Davison.

"Discussions are ongoing with a number of players as regards to the club's direction and their role for next season as we look to give us the best chance of success on the field," manager Johnnie Jackson told the club website.

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AFC Wimbledon have agreed a deal to re-sign Jake Reeves after his contract at Stevenage expires on 30 June.

The 29-year-old midfielder, who scored four goals in 50 appearances for Boro this season, has agreed a two-year deal with the League Two club.

Reeves had a five-match loan spell with the Dons in 2012 and then featured 123 times between January 2015 and May 2017, scoring four times.

He becomes the south-west London club's first signing of the summer.

Reeves began his career at Brentford and has also had spells at Swindon Town, Bradford City and Notts County.

He joined Stevenage in the summer of 2021 and had held talks over a potential new contract following the club's promotion to League One this season.

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League Two club AFC Wimbledon will sign Omar Bugiel and Josh Neufville on free transfers when their contracts expire at the end of this month.

Striker Bugiel, 29, spent four years with Sutton United and scored six goals in 39 outings this season.

Neufville came through Luton Town's youth academy and made four first-team appearances for the Hatters.

The 22-year-old forward has agreed a two-year deal with the Dons, while Bugiel has signed a one-year contract.

Neufville also spent this season with Sutton, scoring two goals in 35 appearances during a loan spell with the U's.

The south-west London club have signed three players this summer, having agreed a deal for midfielder Jake Reeves last week.

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AFC Wimbledon have sold goalkeeper Spike Brits to Premier League champions Manchester City for a club-record fee for an academy player.

The 16-year-old England youth international has been with the Dons since joining as an under-nines player.

Wimbledon have not disclosed the fee Manchester City have paid for Brits.

He is the third England youth player to leave the club in the past year after Archie Stevens joined Rangers and Leon Chiwome moved to Wolves.

"This is a bittersweet moment for us as an academy because Spike is someone who we've seen develop from being a young boy to a young man and that story would have had a beautiful ending if he had progressed and played for the first team," Dons academy manager Michael Hamilton told the club website.

"This opportunity affords him the chance to take his potential into an elite environment, it's an opportunity of a lifetime."

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League Two club AFC Wimbledon have signed Ryan McLean from non-league Hereford FC and James Tilley from Crawley Town for undisclosed fees.

Winger McLean, 23, has agreed a two-year deal with the Dons, with the option of a further 12 months.

He scored 13 goals in 81 National League North outings for Hereford after joining from Newcastle Town in 2021.

Forward Tilley 25, spent two and a half years with Crawley and has signed a two-year contract.

The former Brighton & Hove Albion trainee made 89 appearances for Crawley and scored 11 goals.

The pair become AFC Wimbledon's fourth and fifth signings of the summer transfer window.

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AFC Wimbledon have signed Ryan Johnson on a free transfer following the defender's departure from fellow League Two club Stockport County.

The 26-year-old centre-back has agreed a two-year deal with the Dons.

Former West Brom trainee Johnson scored five goals in 55 appearances for Stockport after joining the Hatters from Port Vale in January 2022.

"He offers a real physical presence at the back," Dons head of football operations Craig Cope said.

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Armani Little has signed a one-year deal to join AFC Wimbledon from fellow League Two club Forest Green Rovers.

The midfielder had spent the second half of last season on loan with the Dons, playing 18 games.

But the 26-year-old has now made the move permanent for an undisclosed fee.

Little is the fifth signing made this summer by the south west London club as they try to improve on last season's 21st-place finish.

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AFC Wimbledon have signed goalkeeper Alex Bass on a season-long loan from Championship side Sunderland.

The 25-year-old joined the Black Cats last year and has played twice in cup games for the club so far.

He began his professional career with boyhood club Portsmouth, where he made 41 appearances and was part of the matchday squad that won the EFL Trophy in 2019.

Bass has also had spells on loan with Bradford City and Southend United.

"A fresh start is what I've been looking for, I can't wait to get going. I like to be dominant when coming for crosses and I feel I am comfortable on the ball," Bass told the Dons club website.

"You know you're going to get hit in this league but you have to command your area and be strong."

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League Two side AFC Wimbledon have signed Rochdale midfielder James Ball.

The 27-year-old, who was still under contract at Dale, has moved on a free transfer after the club's relegation from the EFL at the end of last season.

He scored seven goals in 47 appearances for Dale during an 18-month stay at the club, after joining from Solihull Moors in January 2022.

Ball is the 10th new player to move to Johnnie Jackson's Wimbledon since the end of last season.

"Myself and the manager had a couple of calls and he expressed what he wants to see from the team. Everything he said fitted with my game and what I want to do this season," Ball told the club website.

"Moving forwards in terms of position has been a natural progression. I've became a goalscoring midfielder over time and that's what I pride myself on. I'm big, I'm physical and I like getting in the box."

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League Two side AFC Wimbledon have signed midfielder Charlie Lakin on loan from Burton Albion until January.

The 24-year-old developed through the Birmingham City academy, without ever breaking through at St Andrew's.

He joined Ross County and then Burton, spending the second half of last season on loan at Doncaster.

"I'm coming into a good team that's looking to score goals," Lakin told the club website. "I love to get on the ball and create so the style suits me."

Wimbledon manager Johnnie Jackson added: "Charlie comes with a really good pedigree. I really think he'll fit into our style and the way we want to go about things."

Lakin is the club's 11th summer signing and could feature at Newport on Saturday, with the Dons fifth in the table.