The Championship regular season finished last week and all that is left to be resolved is the play-offs.
The first legs of the semi-finals threw up plenty of drama. Friday night saw Luton Town and Huddersfield Town play out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road. It leaves it evenly-poised heading into Monday's return leg in West Yorkshire.
Then on Saturday Nottingham Forest took a slender 2-1 advantage from their pulsating tie with Sheffield United. The Reds could, and arguably should, have had a far healthier lead but conceded in stoppage time to give the Blades a lifeline ahead of Tuesday's City Ground rematch.
Whilst those four teams are still very much focused on reaching the Premier League, the other 20 teams in the second tier already know their fate. Plenty of attention will now be fixed on the 2022-23 season and to that end summer plans are being drawn up.
The release of players at the end of their contracts is an annual, inevitable occurrence and already a clutch of clubs have announced their retained lists.
Some have fully announced those set to leave whilst in some cases the players themselves have jumped the gun slightly and announced the news via their own social media channels.
One such example of that was Marlon Pack who announced his departure from Cardiff City on his Instagram page.
He wrote: "My time Cardiff has come to an end, I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity to play for the club. I want to thank the fans for all your support over the past 3 seasons especially during the pandemic and this season where it hasn’t gone how we all wanted. Special mention to all my teammates, the members of staff, the managers I’ve worked under and the numerous people I’ve crossed paths with in and around the football club over the last 3 years. I’ve made some great friends and met some fantastic people and that’s what football is all about."
Here, Mirror Football looks at the players leaving, or set to leave, clubs in the Championship. This list will be updated as and when new teams confirm their retained lists.
Barnsley
Aapo Halme, George Miller, Tomas Kalinauskas, Connor Hodgson, Daniel Jinadu
Birmingham
Kristian Pedersen, Jeremie Bela, Yoane Zohore, Renedi Masampu, Archie Matthews, Oriol Soldevila, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Connal Trueman
Blackburn
Bradley Johnson, Joe Rothwell
Blackpool
Cameron Antwi, Ryan Grant, Johnny Johnston, Matthew Liptrott, Charlie Monks, Ethan Robson, Sky Sinclair, Grant Ward
Bournemouth
Gary Cahill
Bristol City
Callum O’Dowda, Khari Allen, Louis Britton, Barney Soady, Nathaniel Williams
Cardiff
Marlon Pack, Alex Smithies, Aden Flint
Coventry
Jodi Jones, Josh Pask
Fulham
Jean Michael Seri, Alfie Mawson, Cyrus Christie, Michael Hector, Fabri, Timmy Abraham, Jacob Adams, Eric Ameyaw, Xavier Benjamin, Tyler Caton, Jerome Opoku, Jonathon Page, Julian Schwarzer, Jaylan Wildbore
Hull City
Tom Huddlestone, Richie Smallwood, Tom Eaves
Luton
Elliot Lee
Middlesbrough
Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Neil Taylor
Millwall
Alex Pearce, Connor Mahoney
Peterborough
Dai Cornell, Serhat Tasdemir, Kyle Barker
Preston
Scott Sinclair, Tom Barkhuizen, Paul Huntington, Connor Ripley, Ethan Walker, Izzy Brown, Jack Baxter, Jacob Holland-Wilkinson, Jamie Thomas, Joe Rafferty, Joe Rodwell-Grant, Mathew Hudson, Oliver Lombard
QPR
Charlie Austin, Dom Ball, Dillon Barnes, David Marshall, Lee Wallace, Kieren Westwood
Preston North End
Connor Ripley, Oliver Lombard, Mathew Hudson, Paul Huntington, Joe Rafferty, Jack Baxter, Jamie Thomas, Tom Barkhuizen, Scott Sinclair, Izzy Brown, Ethan Walker, Joe Rodwell-Grant, Jacob Holland-Wilkinson
Reading
Terell Thomas, Brandon Barker, Orjan Nyland, Felipe Araruna, Alen Halilovic, Marc McNulty
Sheffield United
Angelo Cappell, Harvey Cullinan, Luke Freeman, David McGoldrick, Lys Mousset, Filip Uremovic
Stoke City
James Chester, Steven Fletcher, Tom Ince, Tommy Smith
Swansea City
Ben Hamer, Korey Smith, Yan Dhanda
West Brom
Andy Carroll, Sam Johnstone, Romaine Sawyers
