Austin to leave as Leeds United issue retained list
Austin along with left-back/ winger Aidan White, midfielder Michael Tonge and goalkeeper Stuart Taylor are not on the retained list sent by United to the Football League.
Also leaving are reserve goalkeeper Alex Cairns and defender or midfielder Zac Thompson
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Hide AdNew deals have been offered to eight young professionals and two scholars. These include Kalvin Phillips and Lewis Walters who featured in first team squads towards the end of the season just finished.
But it is the decision not to offer a contract to powerful midfielder Austin that will be controversial for fans after he had another decent season and head coach Neil Redfearn expressed a wish for him to stay.
Meanwhile, there is no news yet on whether Leeds will try to keep any of their loan players, Sol Bamba, Granddi N’Goyi, Dario Del Fabro, Brian Montenegro, Zan Benedicic, Adryan & Edgar Cani.
Full list of players offered new contracts:
Lewis Coyle
Tyler Denton
Eric Grimes
Luke Parkin
Kalvin Phillips
Alex Purver
Jake Skelton
Lewis Walters
Scholars offered professional deals:
Tom Lyman
Frank Mulhern
Full list of players released:
Daniel Atkinson
Rodolph Austin
Luke Booker
Alex Cairns
Afolabi Coker
Stuart Taylor
Zac Thompson
Michael Tonge
Aidan White
Scholars released:
Isaac Assenso
Liam Bennett
Adam Berry
Piteu Crouz
Munya Mbanje
Ian Molloy