Huddersfield are claimed by the local press to be ready to bid £750,000 for Bristol Rovers striker Rickie Lambert. The Terriers are also claimed by the Mirror to be selling keeper Alex Smithies to Everton for £2million. Grimsby have released Mickael Buscher after a disappointing spell at the club.
Ex-Bull Stuart Fleetwood has told the Exeter press that he may return as he expects to be offloaded due to the financial implications at Charlton following their relegation. He scored three times in nine games for the club, but managed just five goals in 30 games all season. Exeter have ten players out of contract including ex-Bulls Bertrand Cozic and Nick Jordan. Lincoln want to sign released Nottm Forest man Hamza Bencherif after he played a dozen games on loan at Sincil Bank over the past season.
Forest Green have offered star striker Andy Mangan a new deal. The 22 year old scored 26 goals this season to attract scouts, but also attracted charges from the FA for betting on one of his own games while at Bury. Northampton have nine players out of contract, and expect to release most as their budget is cut following relegation. Crewe will talk terms with loan defender Dennis Lawrence with his Swansea contract due to expire.
Chester owner Stephen Vaughan says the club will go into liquidation if fans force him out. He claims to be owed £4million by the club which is secured debt as debentures, and any attempt to go into Administration will fail without his backing. He told the local press that their monthly wage bill was £98,000, and they had cut it down to £68,000 after Mark Wright was appointed as manager.
Crewe have released five players. All five are Academy graduates with the highest profile being defender Chris McCready, who played 150 games but missed most of this season through injury. Peterboro have every one of their 33 professional players under contract for next season, and have added three youth teamers on pro contracts. They expect to offload up to eleven this summer, most of which were plucked from non-league as the next big thing.
Carlisle are to discuss the future of manager Greg Abbott this week. Co-owner David Allen and the board will meet Abbott on Thursday, with Allen confirming to the press that they will be employing fewer players next season. Macclesfield striker Simon Yeo has decided to quit the professional game to take up a bodyguarding role in Iraq. The former soldier played 250 times for five sides.
Burton have interviewed Crewe assistant boss Neil Baker for their vacant managers job after he was recommended by Nigel Clough. Baker has spent 15 years with Crewe after taking Leek Town to Wembley in the FA Trophy nearly 20 years ago. Swindon have confirmed that defender Jamie Vincent was arrested yesterday but have not revealed details.
Walsall have released four players including former Premier League starlet Stephen Hughes and ex-England man Michael Ricketts. Eight others have been offered new deals. Ricketts scored 12 goals this season, but was also sent off three times. Lincoln have released seven players including veteran striker Geoff Horsfield.
Northampton have released four players including captain Chris Doig and striker Leon Constantine. Swindon have released 13 players including veteran Lilian Nalis, and strikers Barry Corr and Blair Sturrock. They have 13 left on contract and have offered terms to four more players.
Wycombe have released nine professionals and four scholars today. Among them are veteran striker Scott McGleish, who has already been offered a deal by Leyton Orient, and Magno Silva Viera, who made headlines in the Conference for Carlisle in scoring 13 goals as they won promotion.