• Sylvain Distin and Jonás Gutiérrez also officially let go by current employers • Some listed players, such as Wes Brown, likely to be offered a fresh contract

Abou Diaby, Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson and Jonás Gutiérrez are among the high-profile names who have been included on Premier League clubs’ released players list.

The 20 clubs – as of the 2014-15 season – are required to submit their retained and released lists to the Premier League by the third Saturday in May. They are not definite given some of the named players are likely to be offered fresh contracts with their current employers having seen their existing deals end. But in many cases, it is a case of thank you and goodbye .

That is certainly the case for Diaby, who made only 124 appearances for Arsenal having signed from Auxerre in 2006 because of persistent and serious injury problems.

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Everton have confirmed Distin, who joined them in 2009, is definitely leaving the club, alongside Antolín Alcaraz, while Johnson is on his way out of Liverpool having also arrived on Merseyside in 2009. He is joined at the Anfield exit door by the Australian goalkeeper Brad Jones.

Gutiérrez’s departure from Newcastle was confirmed at the end of last month, and it was later revealed that the 31-year-old found out that he was no longer wanted at St James’ Park via a second-hand phone call.

Ron Vlaar and Wes Brown are also on the released players’ list but are among those who are likely to be offered new contracts by their current clubs.

Players on Premier League clubs’ released list

Arsenal

Semi Ajayi

Abou Diaby

Jack Jebb

Austin Lipman

Ryo Miyaichi

Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill

Josh Vickers

Aston Villa

Darren Bent

Graham Burke

Alfie Crooks

Christopher Herd

Craig Hill

Bradley Lewis

Isaac Nehemie

Daniel O’Brien

Enda Stevens

Thomas Strain

Ron Vlaar

Courtney Wildin

Burnley

Cameron Howieson

Steven Reid

Ross Wallace

Chelsea

Didier Drogba

Crystal Palace

Shola Ameobi

Michael Chambers

Kyle De Silva

Stephen Dobbie

Owen Garvan

Brede Hangeland

Lewis Price

Peter Ramage

Ghassimu Sow

Jerome Thomas

Everton

Antolín Alcaraz

Sylvain Distin

George Green

Curtis Langton

John Lundstram

Ben McLaughlin

Hull City

Joseph Cracknell

Leon Dawson

Joseph Dudgeon

Maynor Figueroa

Stephen Harper

John Mahon

Jonathon Margetts

Eoghan McCawl

Paul McShane

Mark Oxley

Liam Rosenior

Yannick Sagbo

Sam Topliss

Leicester City

Zoumana Bakayogo

Marcel Barrington

Adam Dawson

Paul Gallagher

Kieran Kennedy

Conrad Logan

Herve Pepe-Ngoma

Louis Rowley

Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Matthew Upson

Liverpool

Steven Gerrard

Glen Johnson

Brad Jones

Jordan Lussey

Marc Pelosi

Manchester City

Adam Drury

John Guidetti

Frank Lampard

Greg Leigh

Dominic Oduro

Micah Richards

Manchester United

Benjamin Amos

Tom Cleverley

Callum Evans

Ryan McConnell

Thomas Thorpe

Newcastle United

Jak lnwick

Adam Campbell

Jonás Gutierrez

Remie Streete

Ryan Taylor

QPR

Bruno Andrade

Joey Barton

Richard Dunne

Rio Ferdinand

Jordan Gibbons

Karl Henry

Aaron Lennox

Brian Murphy

Jamie Sendles-White

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Bobby Zamora

Southampton

Artur Boruc

Cody Cropper

Jos Hooiveld

Chris Johns

Omar Rowe

Jake Sinclair

Stoke City

Oluwatomisin Adeloye

James Alabi

Sam Coulson

Alex Grant

Wilson Palacios

Robbie Parry

Nathan Ricketts-Hopkinson

Thomas Sorensen

Adam Thomas

Charlie Ward

Elliot Wheeler

Andrew Wilkinson

Sunderland

Wes Brown

Peter Burke

Andrew Cartwright

Joel Dixon

Tom McNamee

Anthony Réveillère

Swansea City



Thomas Atyeo

David Cornell

Rory Donnelly

Corey Francis

Giancarlo Gallifuoco

Joseph Jones

Kurtis March

Curtis Obeng

Gareth Owen

Scott Tancock

Alan Tate

Gerhard Tremmel

Tottenham Hotspur

Jordan Archer

Cristian Ceballos

Brad Friedel

Bongani Khumalo

Aaron McEneff

Alexander McQueen

Jonathan Miles

West Bromwich Albion



Wesley Atkinson

Christopher Baird

Aaron Birch

Jason Davidson

Bradley Garmston

Alexander Jones

Gareth McAuley

Youssouf Mulumbu

Mani O’Sullivan

West Ham United

Kieran Bywater

Carlton Cole

Nenê

Guy Demel

Juusi Jaaskelainen

Sean Maguire

Paul McCallum

Daniel Potts

The full Premier League retained and released lists