Aston Villa's retained list has been published by the Premier League and that has involved bidding farewell to first-team and academy players
Boubacar Kamara scored against Tottenham last time out
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Aston Villa's retained list has been revealed by the Premier League following the culmination of the 2024-25 season, and it has involved allowing a number of the club's young players to leave upon the expiry of their contracts.
While the actual first-team squad hasn't been too affected by the collective contractual situation, Villa have decided against keeping on a host of young players who will now seek to continue their various careers elsewhere.
From the first-team, incidentally, there has been confirmation that pair Robin Olsen and Kortney Hause have left the club; goalkeeper Olsen has already returned to his native Sweden and rejoined his boyhood club Malmo on a free transfer, while centre half Hause, one of the remaining players who led the club to promotion in 2019, departs too.
Hause didn't play again for the club after the win at Everton in January 2022, under Steven Gerrard, predominantly because of awful injury luck. He was loaned out by Unai Emery for the beginning of the 2022-23 season, to Championship side Watford, but his last professional appearance was in August 2022.
Along with that duo a number of the club's under 21 players and scholars have bid farewell to Bodymoor Heath, including former Stockport County and Port Vale loanee Rico Richards and central midfielder Todd Alcock. The full list of young players being released by Villa can be found here...
The full group of contracted first-team and academy players is below, with four scholars offered contracts and Villa set to learn if those offers will be taken up...
Ethan Amundsen-Day, Owen Asemota, Leon Bailey, Ross Barkley, Enzo Barrenechea, Louie Barry, Lamare Bogarde, Aidan Borland, Cole Brannigan, Ben Broggio, Emiliano Buendia, Woody Burgess, Brad Burrowes, Matty Cash, Mason Cotcher, Philippe Coutinho, Lino Sousa, Leander Dendoncker, Lucas Digne, Lewis Dobbin, I-Lani Edwards
Lander Emery, Joshua Feeney, Pau Torres, Andres Garcia, Joe Gauci, Omar Khedr, Kaine Kesler Hayden, Vinnie Hayward, George Hemmings, Samuel Iling-Junior, Max Jenner, Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, Boubacar Kamara, Thierry Katsukunya, Ezri Konsa, Samuel Lewis, Luka Lynch, Alfie Lynskey, Ian Maatsen, Donyell Malen, Filip Marschall
Emiliano Martinez, John McGinn, Tyrone Mings, Rodrigo Fortes, Calum Moreland, Alex Moreno, Yeimar Mosquera, Finley Munroe, Amadou Onana, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Tommi O'Reilly, Travis Patterson, Charlie Pavey, Sam Proctor, Keilan Quinn, Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Rogers, Leon Routh, Triston Rowe, Ewan Simpson, Kerr Smith, Sil Swinkels, Kane Taylor, Youri Tielemans, Ollie Watkins, Rory Wilson, James Wright, Kadan Young, Oliwier Zych
Scholars
Jack Allan, Teddie Bloomfield, Elijah Briscoe, Theodore Carroll (Offer Contract), Archie Duerden (Offer Contract), Jacob Green, Ashton McWilliams (Offer Contract), Trai-Varn Mulley (Offer Contract), Cole Ramsey, Junior Wilson