Retained List

[ClaretTony]

Taylor & Rodriguez - offers made
Brownhill & Peacock-Farrell - extensions activated
Tresor & Esteve - now permanent players
Bruun Larsen & Assignon - talks continue
Only Cork & JBG released

U21s
Ackeme Francis-Burrell, Kian Le Fondre, Marcel Lewis, Michael O’Neill, Michael Parker, Renaldo Torraj, Jack Turner and Harry Moss all released.

Sonny Pickup, Dylan Sime, Ollie Sweeney, Lucas Wane, Callum West, Jack Rogers, Rohan Vaughan and Jack Bates all released.

Options have been exercised on Alex Healy-Byrne, Will Hugill and Ryan Tioffo.

[ClaretTony]

I'd assumed we we'd release Peacock-Farrell.

No surprises in the U21 & U18 releases - most of those players had disappeared some time ago. Three of the U21s only arrived in Jan but they always looked no more than numbers to make up for those out on loan.

[BurnleyFC]

I thought Le Fondre was fairly highly rated with the under 21s?

[jedi_master]

"The club is in conversations with the parent clubs and the representatives of Lorenz Assignon and Jacob Bruun Larsen to activate permanent moves."

Surely that is more in hope than expectation - that would be the best part of another £15-20m you'd think combined for the pair of them (perhaps I am mistaken)?

Second thing that stands out is how ridiculous that list is of players returning to us from loan. It's Chelsea levels. We need to absolutely slash our squad to bits as there is so much dead weight.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

BPF is a strange one. Almost forgot we had him. Second keeper for the Championship and one of Trafford or Muric to leave?

Think we'll struggle to get Assignon and JBL over the line whilst the manager uncertainty is ongoing.

Weghorst will obviously be off.

Would love to see Charlie Taylor for another season.

[ClaretTony]

I thought Le Fondre was fairly highly rated with the under 21s?

He was out injured for a long time and doesn't seem to have had much game time since coming back. Have to admit, I've hardly seen him.

[1989_claret]

Second thing that stands out is how ridiculous that list is of players returning to us from loan. It's Chelsea levels. We need to absolutely slash our squad to bits as there is so much dead weight.

Completely agree with this.

[ClaretTony]

Second thing that stands out is how ridiculous that list is of players returning to us from loan. It's Chelsea levels. We need to absolutely slash our squad to bits as there is so much dead weight.

Which is another reason BPF has surprised me unless we think we can get a good fee for him.

[GetIntoEm]

any surprises on the U21 front? i dont follow them close enough, but there seems to be a lot released there

[Funkydrummer]

Just in case the other two depart I would have thought !!!!!

[ClaretTony]

any surprises on the U21 front? i dont follow them close enough, but there seems to be a lot released there

No surprises for me - the surprises for me are Jack Rogers and Callum West from the U18s although we knew they'd gone some time ago.

[Colburn_Claret]

BPF is a strange one. Almost forgot we had him. Second keeper for the Championship and one of Trafford or Muric to leave?

Think we'll struggle to get Assignon and JBL over the line whilst the manager uncertainty is ongoing.

Weghorst will obviously be off.

Would love to see Charlie Taylor for another season.

BPF staying might be a sign that either Muric or Trafford is expected to leave.
We haven't a clue who will be sniffing around our squad.

[GetIntoEm]

BPF is a perfect back up keeper for me, always done fairly well when needed. well experienced

[123EasyasBFC]

BPF better with his feet than Trafford but isn’t as good of a shot stopper

[jedi_master]

Muric/Trafford, BPF, Vigoroux

Probably just means that we don't need to bring a keeper in this summer as we're definitely selling one of our 'main' keepers.

[matttheclaret]

Muric/Trafford, BPF, Vigoroux

Probably just means that we don't need to bring a keeper in this summer as we're definitely selling one of our 'main' keepers.

I suspect we might sell both Muric and Trafford and bring in a new first choice keeper. We could get decent money for both and neither exactly inspire that much confidence

[ClaretTony]

I think the squad list is up to date - if you spot any errors please let me know

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/squad-list

[Newcastleclaret93]

No surprises for me - the surprises for me are Jack Rogers and Callum West from the U18s although we knew they'd gone some time ago.

I was under the impression Marcel Lewis was a promising player?

[KefkaClaret]

Leans towards Kompany staying if Assignon is being negotiated with.

[123EasyasBFC]

I was under the impression Marcel Lewis was a promising player?

When at Chelsea he went on loan at accy Stanley and a lot of their fans said he was absolutely bobbins

[burnleytom]

Lewis didn’t get a game at Dundee for half a season and ended up in the National League North. Bit strange given he got off the bench against Crawley last year though.

Renaldo Torraj Is the surprise for me. He always seems to play for the U21’s. Whilst the competition is a bit of a joke, he’s also been selected for JJ’s team in the US this summer

[Tricky Trevor]

BPF better with his feet than Trafford but isn’t as good of a shot stopper

I actually think BPF is a decent shot stopper. his problem is concentration. he can be superb and still lose you a game with a stupid mistake, as we've got used to that the past 9 months he'll be fine for the bench unless he'd rather move on.

[burnleytom]

Dara Costelloe is an interesting one. Mentions he’s returning from loan, but I thought his contract was up? No mention in the option extended section, nor released section.

[ClaretTony]

I was under the impression Marcel Lewis was a promising player?

When at Chelsea he went on loan at accy Stanley and a lot of their fans said he was absolutely bobbins

I might not have used the word bobbins but to be honest he's never impressed me. He spent the second half of this season on loan at Curzon Ashton.

[aggi]

Dara Costelloe is an interesting one. Mentions he’s returning from loan, but I thought his contract was up? No mention in the option extended section, nor released section.

Being under 24 I guess we'd be due a development fee or whatever it's called if he went elsewhere at the moment. Can't really remember how it works but I assume we wouldn't get that if we released him.

[warksclaret]

If Trafford is in the England squad its good for the club, as it keeps the focus of his potential, and probably does no harm to his re-sale value

[fidelcastro]

You mean Fofana isn't coming?

[jlup1980]

BPF is worth another year. At 27, he's coming into his prime years and has 44 International caps for NI. The very least you'd expect is to sell him for a fee. Brownhill's extension is a no brainer. He might not be PL standard but you know what you're getting the Championship. If we have Berge, Cullen and Brownhill in September we'll have the strongest CM options of anyone in the division by a long way.

[TheFamilyCat]

Have any of the players returning from loans put themselves in the shop window? Can't say I've been following them but I'd expect some posts on here if any were doing particularly well.

[Owdsyker]

If Trafford is in the England squad its good for the club, as it keeps the focus of his potential, and probably does no harm to his re-sale value

But not if it triggers a few million quid in add ons

[ClaretTony]

Dara Costelloe is an interesting one. Mentions he’s returning from loan, but I thought his contract was up? No mention in the option extended section, nor released section.

Good spot. No mention of what the u18s out of scholarship have been offered either.

We must have offered Dara something.

[Rowls]

Which is another reason BPF has surprised me unless we think we can get a good fee for him.

Surely any fee is better than no fee for him?

It would only have to be a fee larger than his wages for it to make financial sense.

[Rowls]

There's a hell of a lot of work needed to make our squad manageable.

[clarets1978]

Lewis didn’t get a game at Dundee for half a season and ended up in the National League North. Bit strange given he got off the bench against Crawley last year though.

Renaldo Torraj Is the surprise for me. He always seems to play for the U21’s. Whilst the competition is a bit of a joke, he’s also been selected for JJ’s team in the US this summer

Do we know what JJ's full squad is? Curious to see who we are taking out there

[burnleytom]

JJ Watt, Marvin Bartley, Matt Briggs, Ethen Vaughan, Connor King, Vizeh, Chris Eagles, Marcel Lewis, Marvin Sordell, Renaldo Torraj and Terratep Winothai. Manager: Paul Jenkins

[ŽižkovClaret]

Who is the keeper from those?

[ClaretTony]

There's a hell of a lot of work needed to make our squad manageable.

It’s huge in size isn’t it with all the loan players back? Goodness knows what we are going to do.

[jojomk1]

34 players signed up
Offers made to 2 more
And in talks with 2 more

And we still want/need additional signings

1 "natural" RB at present in Roberts
0 "natural" LB at present unless Taylor signs up
4 experienced CM
1 central striker

Well done VK for assembling such a well balanced squad

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Who is the keeper from those?

Connor King I presume. Academy GK coach.

[evensteadiereddie]

Michelle Keegan, she's a keeper.

[NewClaret]

Tony - do EFL clubs have to do these retained lists on a certain day now. This morning was mightily impressed we’d done one so quickly and communicated properly but have just seen that other thread titled ‘EFL retained list’ so wondered if it’s a regulatory requirement?

[Hipper]

And what will happen to Obafemi?

[daveisaclaret]

My pal who supports AGF says Peacock-Farrell was only informed by text we were extending his contract and there is optimism on both sides he will move to Aarhus for a fee.

[PWBFC]

Harry Moss starting in goal for Gateshead today vs Barnet. Good to see some of our previous youngsters playing at a good level.

[ClaretTony]

Harry Moss starting in goal for Gateshead today vs Barnet. Good to see some of our previous youngsters playing at a good level.

Never really got game time at Burnley. No matter who played in goal for the u21s, Harry would be the sub.

[ClaretTony]

I’ve found these players who have been at Burnley and in National League squads today.

Luke O’Neill (Ebsfleet)
Harry Moss (Gateshead)
Jordan Cropper (Barnet)
Anthony Gomes Mancini (Hartlepool)
Christian N’Guessan (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Sean Hobson (Oldham)
Alex Whitmore (Solihull Moors)
Dan Sassi (Rochdale)
Joe Westley (Rochdale)

[PWBFC]

Finley Armstrong is another at Rochdale.

[ClaretTony]

Finley Armstrong is another at Rochdale.

Missed him - he signed permanently for them in the summer too.

And we’d have been able add James Clarke at Solihull had he not been sent off last week.