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Surprised about Stryjek too, didn't see much of him but I thought he was a prospect. I guess not.
 
Sunderland AFC today confirmed the club’s retained player list for the 2019-20 season.
The list shows those players currently under contract with SAFC, or who have contract offers pending.
When their current deals expire on 30 June 2019, Adam Matthews, Luke Molyneux, Max Stryjek and Robbin Ruiter will leave the club.
Matthews made over 50 appearances for the Black Cats, while Ruiter featured 26 times during a two-year spell at the Stadium of Light.
Molyneux, who made his first-team debut in May 2018, and Stryjek both progressed through the club’s youth system at the Academy of Light.
Under-23 players Max Johnstone, Connor Shields and Alex Storey will also depart this summer.
SAFC would like to wish each of the players leaving the club the very best for the future.

Players aged over 24 as of 30 June 2019 who have been retained:
Jack Baldwin
Lee Cattermole
Tom Flanagan
Will Grigg
George Honeyman
Reece James
Grant Leadbitter
Glenn Loovens
Donald Love
Chris Maguire
Aiden McGeady
Dylan McGeouch
Jon McLaughlin
Luke O’Nien
Bryan Oviedo
Alim Ozturk
Max Power
Duncan Watmore
Charlie Wyke
Players aged under 24 as of 30 June 2019 who have been retained or have a contract offer pending:
Jack Bainbridge
Lee Connelly
Jack Connolly
Jack Diamond
Elliot Embleton
Owen Gamble
Lynden Gooch
Jake Hackett
Denver Hume
Jordan Hunter
Benji Kimpioka
Bali Mumba
Ethan Robson
Brandon Taylor
Jacob Young
 
Whys Love and Loovens on that list???.

Love
"I want to add some young players to the squad as well as some senior players and both of them have got really good potential and the opportunity to improve," said Moyes. "I want to bring in players who are here for the long term as well as the short and hopefully these two are here for the long term."
The Black Cats have spent £5.5million on the pair, who have both signed four-year deals.

Loovens
" Sunderland AFC have completed the signing of experienced defender Glenn Loovens.
The Dutchman has signed on a free transfer after leaving Sheffield Wednesday following the end of the 2017-18 season, signing a two-year deal at the Stadium of Light."
 
Stewart Donald's confirmed that Reece James and Dylan McGeouch have taken up their one-year contract options.

This is great news that we've managed to hang on to McGeough. JR needs to play him
James is a decent enough lb. can manage this league but I hope he’s backup for Hume personally

McGeouch was starting to find his feet when he got injured. Glad he’s staying on
 
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James is a decent enough lb. can manage this league but I hope he’s backup for Hume personally

McGeouch was starting to find his feet when he got injured. Glad he’s staying on

I think he's really poor, would have let him go personally.

Not overly fussed with McGeouch either, couldn't even make the bench in the Playoff Final and he was fully fit.
 
I think he's really poor, would have let him go personally.

Not overly fussed with McGeouch either, couldn't even make the bench in the Playoff Final and he was fully fit.
Just think James is a decent enough squad player and cheap - good enough to fill in occasionally when needed.

McGeouch divides people - Not playing the PLay Offs is a strange one as I think we'd have won the game if he'd been on the bench - only because our tactics were working perfectly until they took power out and McGeouch would've been a perfect replacement. He's one who I've watched play really poorly at the start of the season but improve massively after coming back from injury.

Also wasn't it in the players hands the extension? Their contracts included an option to extend by a year? Not entirely sure as I'm certainly no football contract expert
 
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1. Ben Garratt
The promising youngster left Crewe after a failure to agree fresh terms and would be an astute addition - given his reputation as one of the best up-and-coming goalkeepers outside the Premier League.