Championship free agents Birmingham City can sign to give Chris Davies the prospect of promotion

Every Championship club has now confirmed their published and retained lists after the end of the campaign.

Birmingham City have released Neil Etheridge, Marc Roberts, Gary Gardner, Ivan Sunjic and Scott Hogan. While the Blues will be in League One next season after relegation, some players released by Championship clubs will certainly be of interest to the club’s recruitment team.

Andre Dozzell has been made available, although the Blues’ interest in the midfielder has been backed by Tony Mowbray, who will not be returning to his post as manager. Queens Park Rangers have opted not to extend Dozzell’s contract after his loan spell with the Blues. It’s worth noting that Sheffield Wednesday have released midfielder George Byers, who has already been linked with a move to the Blues this month.

There are players who have not been officially released but are available through free transfers. Preston North End captain Alan Browne is yet to sign a new contract at Deepdale and is available for purchase from July 1.

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Greg Cunningham and Ben Woodburn have been released by Preston. Fans may recall that Woodburn burst onto the scene with a well-taken goal for Liverpool against Leeds United in 2016 when he was just 17 years old.

Sheffield United, who have dropped out of the Premier League, have fielded a number of experienced promotion winners. Stoke City, meanwhile, released Tyrese Campbell – a 24-year-old striker who scored 36 goals in 164 appearances for the Potters – and record signing Wesley Moraes from Aston Villa. Brazil cap Wesley cost Villa £22million in 2019 but has failed to score in 22 appearances for Stoke.

Former Blues loanees Liam Walsh and Przemyslaw Placheta have been released by Swansea City. Matt Phillips and Nathaniel Chalobah are among those released by West Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion.

Leeds United have released Ian Poveda, who was a target for the Blues in the January window. Steve Seddon, who has risen through the ranks at the Blues, was released by Oxford United following their promotion to the second tier.

Free agents confirmed in the championship

City of Bristol: Matty James, Andreas Weimann

Black burn: Kyle McFadzean, John Fleck

Burnley: Jack Cork, Johann Berg Gudmundsson

Cardiff: Romaine Sawyers, Sheyi Ojo, Ollie Denham

City of Coventry: Simon Moore, Liam Kelly

Derby: Korey Smith, Dwight Gayle, Martyn Waghorn, Scott Loach, Joe Wildsmith

City of Hull: Greg Docherty, Billy Sharp, Vaughn Covil, Aaron Connolly, Adama Traoré, Cyrus Christie, David Robson

Leeds United: Ian Poveda, Lewis Bate

Luton: Dan Potts, Luke Berry, Fred Onyedinma, Elliot Thorpe, Admiral Muskwe

Middlesbrough: Paddy McNair

Millwall: Shaun Hutchinson, Bartosz Bialkowski

City of Norwich: Ben Gibson, Dimitris Giannoulis, Sam McCallum, Danny Bath, Jon McCracken

Oxford United: James Henry, Marcus Browne, Billy Bodin and Steve Seddon

Plymouth: Callum Burton, Oscar Halls, Jack Endacott

Portsmouth: Matt Macey, Lee Evans, Josh Martin, Ryan Schofield, Haji Mnoga, Harry Jewitt-White, Liam Vincent, Josh Dockerill

Preston: Greg Cunningham, Ben Woodburn

QPR: Andre Dozzell, Aaron Drewe, Ossie Kakay, Albert Adomah

Sheffield United: Chris Basham, Oliver Norwood, Wes Foderingham, Max Lowe

Sheffield Wednesday: Tyreeq Bakinson, George Byers, Juan Delgado and Reece James

Stoke: Wesley, Tyrese Campbell, Ciaran Clark

Sunderland: Bradley Dack, Corry Evans

Swansea: Liam Walsh, Przemyslaw Placheta, Nathanael Ogbeta

Watford: Ben Hamer, Jake Livermore, Ashley Fletcher

West Brom: Matt Phillips, Adam Reach, Nathaniel Chalobah, Erik Pieters, Yann M’Vila, Martin Kelly, Jovan Malcolm

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