COVENTRY City have revealed the club’s retained and released list following the conclusion of the 2025/26 season.
Popular midfielder Jamie Allen departs after making 200 appearances for the Sky Blues in a seven-season spell.
Allen helped Coventry rise from League One to the Premier League and made his 200th and final appearance for the club on the last day of the season against Watford.
Coventry broke the news of Allen’s departure in a separate announcement to the club’s retained and released list.
Goalkeeper Bradley Collins also departs the Sky Blues after spending last season on loan at Burton Albion.
Collins last played for Coventry in April 2025 and is one of two senior players released by the club.
Coventry have also confirmed the club has the option to sign Frank Onyeka on a permanent basis upon the expiry of his loan which would take effect from July 1.
The Sky Blues have released youngsters Conrad Ambursley, Charlie Finney, Jack James, Greg Sandiford Junior and Kai Yearn.
Loanees Carl Rushworth, Romain Esse and Yang Min-hyeok have all returned to their parent clubs.
And loan players Kai Andrews, Norman Bassette, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Callum Perry, Harvey Broad, Aidan Dausch, Rylie Siddall and MacKenzie Stretton have all returned to the Sky Blues.
Coventry have offered first professional contracts to scholars Tionne Critchlow-Woyo and Eliot Meredith.
However, scholars Caleb McBride, Success Nidjebu, Will Russon, Callum Witts, Alfie Wright Smith and Joshua Toluwaloju will all depart the club with the latter to leave on January 15 next year.
Jake Bidwell, Miguel Angel Brau, Jay Dasilva, Josh Eccles, Matt Grimes, Liam Kitching, Joel Latibeaudiere, Ephron Mason-Clark, Victor Torp, Jack Rudoni, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ellis Simms, Bobby Thomas, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Milan van Ewijk, Ben Wilson, Luke Woolfenden, Haji Wright all remain under contract at the Sky Blues.
And under-24 players Andrews, Bassette, Tristen Batanwi, Luke Bell, Elliot Betjemann, Rodrigues, Broad, Dausch, Riccardo Di Trolio, Shay Dunn, Joshua Gordon, Kaine Kesler Hayden, David Mantle, Jahnoah Markelo, Isaac Moore, Oliver Dovin, Perry, George Shepherd, Siddall, Stretton, Oscar Varney remain under contract.
