Leicester City retained their full roster, with nine players leaving and four offered new contracts

Tawanda Maswanhise tops a list of six young Leicester City players set to be released this summer.

The club’s full retained list shows half a dozen development squad players will join Kelechi Iheanacho, Dennis Praet and Marc Albrighton in departing the King Power Stadium. Meanwhile, there are three prospects who, like Wilfred Ndidi, have been offered new contracts with the club.

Of the young players leaving, Maswanhise is perhaps the biggest surprise. The Zimbabwean international, who made his senior City debut in the FA Cup in January, has been one of the development squad’s top talents over the past few years.

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He is let go and the next step in his career could be with Stockport. At the end of April, Maswanhise went on trial with the League Two winners and scored a hat-trick in a reserve game against Brentford.

Among those leaving is centre-back Paul Appiah. He signed from Aston Villa a few years ago and has spent most of this season on loan at non-league Maidstone United, playing a part in their historic run to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Left back Shane Flynn announced his departure last month. A winner of the club’s development team season in 2021, Flynn said he was “disappointed with the lack of treatment and the lack of support” from City while out injured over the past 18 months.

The list of released players is completed by full-back Iestyn Hughes, goalkeeper Arlo Doherty and midfielder Jack Lewis. There could be more departures if agreements cannot be reached with a trio of strikers.

Chris Popov, Amani Richards and Kian Pennant, who have all led City’s under-21 line this season, have been offered new contracts before their deals expire at the end of this month. Decisions may already have been made, with the retained list submitted to the EFL in May, but there is still no word on whether the trio will stay.

The full list of City players can be found below, with (o) meaning a contract offer has been made.

Contracted: Mirsad Ali, Will Alves, Zach Booth, Sammy Braybrooke, Logan Briggs, Lewis Brunt, Tom Cannon, Henry Cartwright, Hamza Choudhury, Conor Coady, Brandon Cover, Patson Daka, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Oli Ewing, Wout Faes, Harry French, Harvey Godsmark-Ford, Kevon Gray, Ben Grist, Mads Hermansen, Deniche Hill, Daniel Iversen, James Justin, Josh King, Victor Kristiansen, Jahmari Lindsay, Wanya Marcal, Stephy Mavididi, Kasey McAteer, Wilfred Ndidi (o), Ben Nelson, Nathan Opoku, Kian Pennant (o), Ricardo Pereira, Chris Popov (o), Arjan Raikhy, Amani Richards (o), Boubakary Soumare, Harry Souttar, Jakub Stolarczyk, Luke Thomas, Silko Thomas, Jamie Vardy, Jannik Vestergaard, Danny Ward , Tom Wilson-Brown, Harry Winks, Joe Wormleighton, Brad Young.

Scholars: Bade Aluko, Bobby Amartey, Stevie Bausor, Ryan Donnelly, Jake Donohue, Kaleb Dyke, Reece Evans, Alfie Fisken, Jayden Joseph, Reiss Khela, Cheyenne Loureiro, Liam McAlinney, Lewis McNab, Tommy Neale, Toby Onanaye, Kirsten Otchere, Tristen Thomas , Yassine Toure.

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