Retained lists are starting to be announced across the Championship to open a floodgate of free agents into the summer transfer market.
Nottingham Forest still have one game to be played as they take on Huddersfield Town in the Championship play-off final on Sunday (May 24), knowing that the Reds will be in the Premier League for the first time in more than 20 years if they are victorious at Wembley Stadium.
That means that Steve Cooper's recruitment team at the City Ground will have to prepare for two different scenarios: promotion to the Premier League, as well as another season in England's second tier.