Sheffield Wednesday have announced the academy players that have been retained and released, which has drawn a frustrated reaction from fans of the Yorkshire club. 

Despite the fact that the Championship season has just got back underway and will run until August, at youth level the 2019/20 campaign was brought to an end back in May.

With contracts set to expire at the end of June, Wednesday announced today which academy players have been retained and which have been released.

The Owls have triggered one-year extensions in the deals of U23s goalkeeper Josh Render and midfielder Ben Hughes, while Ciaran Brennan has signed a new contract with the club.

Omar Damba, Jordan O’Brien, Fraser Preston, Jack Stobbs, Jack Lee, Connor Kirby, Joe West, and Preslav Borukov will all leave the club, with their deals set to expire at the end of June.

At U18 level, Luke Jackson, Luke Cox, Lewis Farmer, Charlie Reaney, Declan Thompson, and Charles Hagan have all been handed new deals and will step up into the U23s next term.

Toby Kenyon, Elliott Vasalo, L’Varn Brandy, Sam Oliver, and Michael Ellery have all been released by the club.

In the announcement on the club website, Wednesday noted that they "would like to place on record its thanks to all those leaving the club and wish them all the best for the future".

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The news doesn't appear to have gone down well with parts of the Hillsborough faithful, with some fans taking to Twitter to voice their frustration.

Read their reaction here: