Sheffield Wednesday retained list: Dominic Iorfa among eight leaving as Max Lowe update issued
Sheffield Wednesday confirm eight departures as retained list published
Sheffield Wednesday have confirmed long-serving defender Dominic Iorfa is among the players leaving the club this summer.
A period of change is ahead at Hillsborough following relegation to League One and the completion of a takeover by Arise Capital Partners.
The Owls will be looking to mount an assault on the League One title and despite the existence of transfer restrictions, improvements will need to be made.
Sheffield Wednesday publish retained list
Space has been cleared in the Wednesday ranks by the release of eight players, including 30-year-old Iorfa. The defender, renowned for his pace, is departing after 222 appearances across seven-and-a-half years.
Also moving on is injury-plagued midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah, as well as winter recruits Marvelous Nakamba and Zain Silcott-Duberry and youngsters Harry Evers, Junior Kamwa, Favour Onukwuli and Rio Shipston.
Talks over a new deal are ongoing with defender Max Lowe, who has reportedly attracted interest from rivals such as Middlesbrough and Stoke City.
Offers have been made to Liam Cooper, Bruno Fernandes, Reece Johnson, Devlan Moses, Jack Phillips and Jarvis Thornton, while young defenders Mackenzie Maltby and Gui Siqueira have been invited to pre-season training.
Extension options in the deals of Svante Ingelsson, Liam Palmer, George Brown, Joe Emery, Cole McGhee, Denny Oliver, Logan Stretch and Ernie Weaver have been activated. The club have confirmed the option to extend Jamal Lowe’s stay by a further year was taken up earlier in the campaign.
Loanees Murphy Cooper, Tayo Adaramola, Jaden Heskey, Joel Ndala and Jerry Yates, meanwhile, have all returned to their parent clubs.
Heskey and Yates have both been linked with returns to South Yorkshire, while Cooper and Adaramola have spoken of their willingness to pull on the blue and white of Wednesday again.
A club spokesperson said: “We offer our sincere thanks to all the players leaving Wednesday and wish them the very best for the future.”