Arsenal Announce Release Of 22 Players

Arsenal in a statement on Monday announced the release of 22 player who will depart as free agents.

Among the players who will depart are Mohamed Elneny and Cedric Soares.

Egypt international Elneny, who has spent over eight years at Arsenal following his £5million move from Basel in January 2016.

During his spell at the club, he has played in 161 games in all competitions, where he has been used predominantly off the bench.

An FA Cup winner, Elneny also started in the 2017 and 2020 Community Shield victories, with a loan spell at Besiktas sandwiched inbetween.

Joining him out the door is fellow first-team star Soares, who has been at the club since January 2020 having joined on an initial loan from Southampton.

The 22 Players released by Arsenal:

Mauro Bandeira
Omari Benjamin
Luis Brown
Catalin Cirjan
Noah Cooper
Sabrina D'Angelo
Henry Davies
Ovie Ejeheri
Mohamed Elneny
Taylor Foran
Hubert Graczyk
James Hillson
Henry Jeffcott
Tyreece John-Jules
Alex Kirk
James Lannin-Sweet
Kaylan Marckese
Vivianne Miedema
Arthur Okonkwo
Kamarni Ryan
Cedric Soares
Kido Taylor-Hart