NORWICH have released 19 players after failing to gain promotion to the Premier League.
The Canaries finished the season sixth and were beaten 4-0 by Leeds in the play-off semi-final.
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With the club remaining in the Championship for another season, Norwich have announced that 19 players are out of work.
Former Premier League star Ben Gibson is one of those released.
The 31-year-old centre-back has previously played for Middlesbrough, Burnley and Norwich in the top flight.
Fellow defender Danny Batth also departed after just one year at Carrow Road.
And left-back Dimitris Giannoulis, who has played 38 times for the club this season, is now also a free agent.
Jon McCracken and Sam McCallum also depart, while loanee Sydney van Hooijdonk is expected to return to his parent club Bologna.
From the U21 team, 11 players did not receive a contract extension.
Heading out the door are Flynn Clarke, Kenny Coker, Joe Duffy, Dubem Eze, Pedro Lima, Marcel McIntosh, Michael Reindorf, Regan Riley, Joe Rose, Sean Stewart and Ben Watt.
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And the U18 stars now without a team are Pedro Amadou, Benjamin McCabe, Alfie Pinyoun and Harrison Thompson.
Norwich also confirmed that Jacob Sorensen and Archie Mair have signed new deals.
Meanwhile, Adam Idah returned from loan at Celtic and Christos Tzolis remains at Fortuna Dusseldorf until the end of the German season.
After the humiliation against Leeds, manager David Wagner was sacked in the first move of a major summer overhaul at Norfolk.
Norwich want to appoint a coach capable of implementing more attacking football.
They are linked to Arsenal assistant Carlos Cuesta.
Former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper has been approached – but is not interested in the role.
SunSport can exclusively reveal that former AZ Alkmaar gaffer Pascal Jensen is now Norwich’s top target.
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