Joey Barton is delighted with the business Bristol Rovers have done but it merely represents the first phase of their summer transfer plans as the Gas look to reinforce and enhance their promotion-winning squad.
Speaking on Friday, Barton revealed he wants “five or six” more additions having made three summer signings so far with the arrivals of Jordan Rossiter, James Connolly and James Gibbons.
Last Thursday, June 30, was a date of some significance because it was the last contracted day of hundreds of players up and down the pyramid.
The free agent market will unquestionably be one Rovers will continue to explore, so we thought we’d cast a gaze over the players who were playing Championship and League One football last season to see who’s still available. They’re categorised via clubs as while they’re no longer attached to those teams, it allows for some degree of reference point.
Championship
Birmingham City
Jeremie Bela, 29, winger
Yoane Zohore, 19, forward
Renedi Masampu, 22, left-back
Archie Matthews, 20, goalkeeper
Oriol Soldevila, 21, midfielder
Kane Thompson-Sommers, 21, midfielder
Connal Trueman, 26, goalkeeper
Blackburn Rovers
Bradley Johnson, 35, midfielder
Jacob Davenport, 23, midfielder
Luke Brennan, 20, winger
Connor McBride, 21, midfielder
Sam Durrant, 20, midfielder
Joe Nolan, 20, midfielder
Joe Ferguson, 19, right-back
Brandon Lonsdale, 19, striker
Evan Cunningham, 18, striker
Ryan Nyambe, 24, defender
Blackpool
Cameron Antwi, 20, midfielder
Ryan Grant, 19, defender
Johnny Johnston, 18, striker
Matthew Liptrott, 18, midfielder
Charlie Monks, 19, goalkeeper
Sky Sinclair, 19, midfielder
Grant Ward, 27, midfielder
Bristol City
Khari Allen, 19, defender
Barney Soady, 20, left-back
Nathaniel Williams, 19, defender
Burnley
Ben Mee, 32, defender
Aaron Lennon, 35, winger
Phil Bardsley, 37, right-back
Dale Stephens, 33, midfielder
Erik Pieters, 33, left-back
Joel Mumbongo, 23, striker
Richard Nartey, 23, defender
Anthony Glennon, 22, left-back
Ethen Vaughan, 20, right-back
Sam Unwin, 19, winger
Anthony Gomez Mancini, 21, midfielder
Calen Gallagher-Allison, 19, defender
Harry Allen, 20, goalkeeper
Ruairi Behan, 17, midfielder
Corey Brennan, 19, midfielder
Joel Connolly, 19, right-back
Will Couch, 17, midfielder
Tremaine Eastmond, 18, striker
Jack Leckie, 18, defender
Joe Smyth-Ferguson, 17, striker
George Walters, 18, winger
Matej Vydra, 30, striker
Cardiff City
Leandro Bacuna, 30, midfielder/right-back
Josh Murphy, 27, winger
Alex Smithies, 32, goalkeeper
Isaac Vassell, 28, striker
Ibrahim Bakare, 20, defender
Tavio D'Almeida, 21, midfielder
Siyabonga Ligendza, 19, striker
Ntazana Mayembe, 19, winger
Keenan Patten, 21, midfielder
Coventry City
Jodi Jones, 24, winger
Jonny Ngandu, 20, midfielder
Huddersfield Town
Alex Vallejo, 30, midfielder
Jamal Blackman, 28, goalkeeper
Fraizer Campbell, 34, striker
Naby Sarr, 28, defender
Carel Eiting, 24, midfielder
Hull City
Tom Huddlestone, 35, midfielder
Luton Town
Elliot Lee, 27, striker
TQ Addy, 20, winger
Corey Panter, 21, defender
Jake Peck, 22, midfielder
Middlesbrough
Sol Bamba, 37, defender
Lee Peltier, 35, right-back
Neil Taylor, 33, full-back
Millwall
Connor Mahoney, 25, winger
Sean O’Brien, 20, striker
Junior Tiensia, 21, left-back
Kai Garande, 19, left-back
Jayden Davis, 20, midfielder
Norwich City
Lukas Rupp, 31, midfielder
Josh Giurgi, 20, winger
Aston Oxborough, 24, goalkeeper
Solomon Alidor-Hamilton, 18, right-back
Olatunde Okeowo, 18, right-back
Preston North End
Izzy Brown, 25, playmaker
Jacob Holland-Wilkinson, 19, forward
Jamie Thomas, 25, midfielder
Joe Rafferty, 28, defender
Joe Rodwell-Grant, 19m striker
Mathew Hudson, 23, goalkeeper
Oliver Lombard, 19, goalkeeper
Paul Huntington, 34, defender
Scott Sinclair, 33, winger
QPR
Moses Odubajo, 28, right-back
Dillon Barnes, 26, goalkeeper
Lee Wallace, 34, left-back
Kieran Westwood, 37, goalkeeper
Yoann Barbet, 29, defender
Reading
Terell Thomas, 26, defender
Brandon Barker, 25, winger
Orjan Nyland, 31, goalkeeper
Felipe Araruna, 26, midfielder
Alen Halilovic, 26, midfielder
Marc McNulty, 29, striker
Junior Hoilett, 32, forward
Michael Morrison, 34, defender
Rotherham
Jacob Gratton, 20, midfielder
Angus MacDonald, 29, defender
Sheffield United
Angelo Cappell, 20, forward
Harvey Cullinan, 19, defender
Luke Freeman, 30, midfielder
David McGoldrick, 34, forward
Lys Mousset, 26, forward
Beau Anderson, 18, defender
Tyrese Bailey-Green, 18, forward
Ethan Slater, 18, midfielder
Stoke City
Joe Allen, 32, midfielder
James Chester, 33, defender
Tommy Smith, 30, right-back
Steven Fletcher, 35, striker
Robbie Hemfrey, 20, goalkeeper
Kieran Coates, 20, defender
Adam Porter, 20, midfielder
Patrick Jarrett, 20, midfielder
Christian Norton, 21, forward
Max McCarthy, 19, striker
Sunderland
Arbenit Xhemajli, 24, defender
Cieran Dunne, 22, midfielder
Jack McIntyre, 19, goalkeeper
Jordan Willis, 27, defender
Nicky Gyimah-Bio, 19, winger
Patrick Almond, 19, defender
Sam Wilding, 22, midfielder
Tyrese Dyce, 21, defender
Ugonna Emenike, 18, defender
Vinnie Steels, 20, midfielder
Will Grigg, 30, striker
Will Harris, 21, striker
Swansea City
Korey Smith, 31, midfielder
Ben Hamer, 34, goalkeeper
Nico Defreitas-Hansen, 20, goalkeeper
Josh Gould, 25, goalkeeper
Watford
Ben Foster, 39, goalkeeper
Nicholas Nkoulou, 32, defender
Josh King, 30, striker
Rob Elliott, 36, goalkeeper
West Brom
Andy Carroll, 33, striker
Romaine Sawyers, 30, midfielder
Jamie Soule, 21, striker
Owen Windsor, 20, striker
Aurio Teixeira, 19, midfielder
Kevin Joshua, 20, defender
Zak Delaney, 20, left-back
Mark Chidi, 18, defender
MacKenzie Lamb, 18, midfielder
Leon MacHisa, 18, defender
Daniel Ngoma, 18, defender
Wigan Athletic
Gavin Massey, 29, forward
Harry McGee, 19, midfielder
Dean Pinnington, 19, midfielder
Divin Baningime, 21, striker
Tom Costello, 19, striker
Timi Sobowale, 20, defender
League One
Accrington Stanley
Stephen Sama, 29, defender
Lewis Mansell, 24, striker
Ben Pleavin, 19, midfielder
Luke Stowe, 19, midfielder
Kevin Spinelli, 19, striker
Barnsley
Aapo Halme, 24, defender
Connor Hodgson, 19, midfielder
Daniel Jinadu, 19, goalkeeper
Tomas Kalinauskas, 22, winger
Bolton Wanderers
Alex Baptiste, 36, defender
Nathan Delfouneso, 31, striker
Matty Alexander, 20, goalkeeper
Jay Fitzmartin, 19, midfielder
Reiss Greenidge, 26, defender
Burton Albion
Danny Rowe, 30, winger
Luke Redfern, 19, defender
Oumar Niasse, 32, striker
Aaron Amadi-Holloway, 29, striker
Cambridge United
Wes Hoolahan, 40, forward
Kai McKenzie-Lyle, 24, goalkeeper
Tom Dickens, 19, defender
Charlton Athletic
Chris Gunter, 32, right-back
Ben Watson, 36, midfielder
Pape Souare, 32, left-back
Stephen Henderson, 34, goalkeeper
Derby County
Tom Lawrence, 28, forward
Curtis Davies, 37, defender
Ravel Morrison, 29, forward
Richard Stearman, 34, defender
Craig Forsyth, 33, defender
Nathan Byrne, 30, right-back
Colin Kazim-Richards, 35, forward
Exeter City
Nigel Atangana, 32, midfielder
Callum Rowe, 22, defender
Colin Daniel, 34, left-back
Jack Veale, 19, midfielder
Ellis Johnson, 18, right-back
Fleetwood Town
Callum Camps, 26, midfielder
Kieran O’Hara, 26, goalkeeper
Anthony Pilkington, 34, goalkeeper
Forest Green Rovers
Jack Evans, 21, left-back
Opi Edwards, 23, midfielder
Elliott Whitehouse, 28, midfielder
Vaughn Covil, 18, winger
Nicky Cadden, 25, wing-back
Ipswich Town
James Norwood, 31, striker
Myles Kenlock, 25, left-back
Tom Carroll, 30, midfielder
Lincoln City
John Marquis, 30, striker
Liam Bridcutt, 33, midfielder
MK Dons
Jay Bird, 21, forward
John Freeman, 20, midfielder
Brandon Mason, 24, wing-back
Connor Wickham, 29, striker
David Kasumu, 21, midfielder
Morecambe
Rhys Bennett, 30, defender
Jacob Mensah, 21, defender
Freddie Price, 20, midfielder
Oxford United
Sam Winnall, 31, striker
Jamie Hanson, 26, defender/midfielder
Leon Chambers-Parillon, 20, midfielder
Michael Elechi, 20, defender
Peterborough United
Serhat Tasdemir, 21, midfielder
Kyle Barker, 21, midfielder
Connor Peters, 19, defender
Ethan Bojang, 19, midfielder
Kobe Chong, 20, midfielder
Plymouth Argyle
Ollie Tomlinson, 20, defender
Portsmouth
Paul Downing, 30, defender
Callum Johnson, 25, right-back
Ollie Webber, 22, goalkeeper
Port Vale
David Amoo, 31, winger
Sheffield Wednesday
Saido Berahino, 28, striker
Sam Hutchinson, 32, midfielder
Shrewsbury Town
Shaun Whalley, 34, forward
Aaron Pierre, 29, defender
Joshua Daniels, 26, winger
Wycombe Wanderers
Jean-Baptiste Fischer, 23, midfielder
Olly Pendlebury, 20, midfielder
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