Middlesbrough have announced that five first-team regulars will leave the club this summer at the end of their contracts.
Forward duo of Britt Assombalonga and Ashley Fletcher will both depart Teesside after four season at the club, having both joined in summer 2017 under Gary Monk who was manager at the time.
Assombalonga departs after scoring 47 goals in 161 appearances for the club in all competitions, with his return of five goals this season representing his worst campaign since 2015-16 season, when he scored just once in four appearances for Nottingham Forest after 14 months out with injury.
Fletcher meanwhile had scored 28 goals in 108 Boro appearances with both him and Assombalonga having departed the Riverside Stadium with immediate effect in April, following failures to agree a new contract with both players.
Marvin Johnson is another first-team regular signed under Monk who will be leaving the club after scoring just six goals in 102 appearances on Teesside, despite spending the second half of 2018-19 season on loan at Sheffield United who returns to the second tier after two seasons in the Premier League.
Johnson though produced his best seasonal goal tally in a Boro shirt this season with four goals in 42 appearances.
Jordan Archer and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing also depart after both players were not offered new deals, having only signed short-term deals as free agents in the January’s transfer window.
Archer only produced one start for Boro which came in their Third Round defeat to Brentford in this season’s FA Cup, whilst Mendenz-Laing netted just once in eight appearances.
Under-23 players; Tyrone O’Neill, Cole Kiernan and Tyler Williams have also been released alongside with Scholars – George Waites and Andrew Wilson.
Boro placed on record in a statement their thanks to all ten departing players for their hard work and wish them well for their futures.
The club also confirmed that QPR goalkeeper, Joe Lumley will officially sign with the club in July once his contract at QPR expires at the end of June.
Jack Robinson, Cain Sykes and Hayden Hackney have meanwhile penned new contracts with Boro’s Academy, whilst Josh Wells and Jeremy Sivi have agreed terms with the club after impressing whilst on trial with the club.
Isiah Cornet and Max Metcalfe have also signed their first professional contracts with the club, whilst contract extensions have been activated for Brad James, Daniel Dodds and Alberto Balde.
Boro will now prepare for their pre-season which will see them visit Cornwall and Devon in July.
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