Barnsley have released 15 players including Aiden Marsh, Conor McCarthy and Josh Benson after publishing their annual retained list.

The Reds’ statement says they have offered a new contract to forward Stephen Humphrys.

Also offered new deals are youngsters Luke Alker, Aaron Atkinson, Kieran Graham, Ziggy Kozluk, Bayley McCann and Tom Senior, as well as goalkeeper Kieren Flavell who broke into the first team late this season. They have activated their option to keep young defender Connor Barratt for another year.

Those released are Josh Benson, Theo Chapman, Sam Cosgrove, Josiah Dyer, Adam Hayton, Charlie Hickingbottom, Nathan James, Jonathan Lewis, Jean Claude Makiessi, Aiden Marsh, Conor McCarthy, Emmaisa Nzondo, Donovan Pines, Hayden Pickard and Callum West.

Also released are academy players Geoffrey Lundoloki, Elliott Probert, Kallum Reid, Maxwell Swift, William Thompson, Malachi Tommy-Mbogba and Owen Warburton.