2023/24 Argyle Retained List
Title-winning goalkeeper Callum Burton will be leaving Home Park this summer.
The 27-year-old, who joined Argyle in the summer of 2021, played 32 games during his time as a Pilgrim, including playing a major part in our Sky Bet League One promotion win in 2022/23.
With Michael Cooper injured in the February of that season, Burton stepped in and performed superbly for the remainder of the campaign, starting the final 17 league games as the Greens won the league.
Burton will also be fondly remembered as a penalty-saving hero, who repelled three Cheltenham Town spot-kicks in the semi-final of the EFL Trophy to send Argyle to Wembley.
Teenagers Oscar Halls and Jack Endacott will also be leaving the club. Both played a major part in the EFL Trophy campaign of 2022/23, and each spent time away from Home Park this season on loan.
All three players move on with our very best wishes for the future.
Three out-of-contract members of Argyle’s squad have been offered deals to stay. They are Brendan Galloway, Mickel Miller and Will Jenkins Davies, the latter of whom spent this season on loan at Torquay United.
Four loan players’ deals have now ended; Lino Sousa, Alfie Devine, Darko Gyabi and Ashley Phillips will return to their parent clubs.
From this season's under-18 squad, Freddie Issaka and Caleb Roberts will join the senior ranks, having already signed contracts on their respective 17th birthdays. Josh Bernard and Jack Matthews have been offered professional deals.
Argyle Director of Football Neil Dewsnip said: “It is always a difficult time of the year when we have to say goodbye to players, at the end of a season, especially when those players have come through our own ranks and have been part of some special times, as Callum Burton has done.
“We thank those players leaving, including the ones heading back to their loan clubs, for their service to Argyle, as well as their professionalism. We wish them all the best, wherever their career takes them.
“It is pleasing to see such a large cohort of players carrying over to next season. We have a talented, hard-working squad of players who have demonstrated fantastic commitment to Argyle, and we have an excellent base from which to prepare for next season.
“We have offered new deals to out-of-contract players, which we hope they will sign. We also welcome new additions from our Academy’s system and will support those young players on their next steps in their Argyle journey.”
RETAINED LIST
Under contract: Michael Cooper, Bali Mumba, Jordan Houghton, Julio Pleguezuelo, Dan Scarr, Joe Edwards, Ryan Hardie, Morgan Whittaker, Callum Wright, Mustapha Bundu, Lewis Gibson, Tyreik Wright, Adam Randell, Conor Hazard, Ben Waine, Saxon Earley, Adam Forshaw, Matthew Sorinola, Zak Baker, Freddie Issaka, Caleb Roberts.
Out of contract, offered new contract: Mickel Miller, Brendan Galloway, Will Jenkins Davies.
Out of contract, released: Callum Burton, Jack Endacott, Oscar Halls.
Loan expired: Lino Sousa, Alfie Devine, Darko Gyabi, Ashley Phillips.
Moving from under-18s to first team: Josh Bernard, Jack Matthews.
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