Championship retained lists so far three weeks after City's deadline
Of course, that is true - at least in part - because of the fact that the Robins' list, published a fortnight ago, told fans little more than they already knew. A handful of academy prospects will be leaving BS3 this summer, but first-team decisions have not yet been confirmed.
The Reds' list, shared the week before Skubala's appointment as manager was announced, revealed that conversations between the club and Mark Sykes, Sam Bell, Sam Morsy and Harry Cornick - the quartet of out-of-contract players - would continue following the arrival of a new boss.
With Skubala officially starting work early next week, we await news on what the coming weeks hold for those listed above. While things have been quiet on that front at Ashton Gate, however, plenty of other clubs have been making their intentions for players nearing the end of their deals clear.
At the time of writing, just four sides who will be taking part in the Championship next season are yet to publish their retained lists. Those clubs are the newly relegated trio of West Ham United, Burnley and Wolves, as well as play-off semi-finalists Southampton - who will have been afforded an extension to that May 16 submission deadline.
To bring you up to date with the state of play across England's second tier just shy of three weeks on from that deadline, here are all the lists published by teams who will be competing in the Championship, in 2026/27, so far...
Released: Jonathan Panzo
Young professionals released: Yusuf Ahmed, Godfred Boakye, Trae Briscoe, O’Shea Ellis, Cameron Eubank, Tommy Fogarty, Daniel Isichei, Cody Pennington, Frank Tattum, Szymon Terenowicz, Zachary Willis, Ben Wodskou, George Wynne
Contract offered: Brad Mayo, Will O'Sullivan
Released: Ryan Hedges, Sondre Tronstad, Nathan Redmond, Leo Duru, Harley O’Grady-Macken, Adam Khan, Harrison Wood, Joe Broggan, Zack Stritch, Patrik Farkas
Released: George Johnston, Kyle Dempsey, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Carlos Mendes Gomes
Under-21s released: Mark Isong, Sean Hogan, Jack Dallimore, Tomi Adesina
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Out of contract (discussions to cotinue under new head coach): Sam Bell, Harry Cornick, Sam Morsy, Mark Sykes
Players under-24 released: Zack Asghar-Ali, Derek Ababio, Tom Chaplin, Ben Clark, Max Davies, Billy Phillips, Archie Taylor, Trayvion Jackson, Cavalli Walker
Players under-24 offered new contract: Josey Casa-Grande, Charlie Filer, Jack Hooper, Ruebin Sheppard, Ephraim Yeboah
Released: Josh Beecher, Jacob Hobson, Sam Jones, Jack Kingdon, Leeyon Phelan, Michael Reindorf, Oliver Reynolds, Will Spiers, Oliver Walsh, Harry Watts, Morgan Wigley, Ryan Wintle
Contracts offered: Jake Dennis, Trey George, Ewan Griffiths, Danny Higgs, Riley Hilaire-Clarke, T-Jay Parfitt, Troy Perrett, Noah Williams
Released: Luke Berry, Terry Taylor
In talks: Lyndon Dykes, Matty Godden
Option triggered: Tyreece Campbell
Released: Callum Elder, Ben Osborn, Jake Rooney, Andi Weimann
In discussion: Danny Batth
Under-21 players released: Dan Cox, Harry Evans, Billy Gough, Harry Hawkins, Jack Perry, Jamie Wähling, Lennon Wheeldon
Under-21 players with new deals agreed: Niall McAndrew, Jerome Richards, Keilen Robinson
Under-21 players in discussion: Cruz Allen, Braidy Connell-Webster, Jack Thompson
Out of contract, offer made: MJ Kamson-Kamara (will join Hearts), Jamie Pardington
Released: Dan Barlaser, Marcus Forss, Alex Gilbert, Darragh Lenihan, Jon McLaughlin, Sammy Silvera
In discussions: Dael Fry
Released: Danny McNamara, Joe Bryan, Wes Harding, Massimo Luongo
In talks: Billy Mitchell, Joel Coleman, Ronnie Sandford
Option triggered: Ryan Leonard, Casper De Norre
Released: Shane Duffy, Emiliano Marcondes, Tony Springett, Jeffrey Schlupp, Dan Barden, AJ Bridge, Henry Bullen, Brandon Forbes Billy Gee, Damari Daley, Lloyd Ofori-Manteaw, Jaiden Owen, Charlie Willson, Harmoney Okwumo, Ethan Binnie, Victor Madu, Foden Northover, Jack Ruddy
Released: Jordan Archer, Harry Clout, Andre Dozzell, Reuben Swann
Contracts offered: Connor Ogilvie, Zak Swanson
Released: Robbie Brady, Will Keane, Jamal Lewis, James Pradic, Noah Mawene, Felipe Rodriguez-Gentile
In talks: Dai Cornell
Released: Paul Nardi, Ben Hamer, Isaac Hayden, Steve Cook, Noah McCann, Alfie Tuck, Jake Coomes, Jake Leahy, Jack McDowell, Rohan Vaughan, Joel Halliday
Released: Tom Davies, Danny Ings, Ben Mee, Jairo Riedewald
Players under 24 released: Evan Easton, Marshall Francis, Liam Hall, Owen Hampson, Frankie Jones, Jayden Prunty, Jackson Blaize, Jack Waldron.
Released: Lewis Baker, Steven N'Zonzi
In talks: Aaron Cresswell
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Departing: Evan Anderson, Isaac Dudding, Ben Phillips, Mitchell Bates, Callum Deacon, Brogan Popham, Wahab Ojetoro, Josh Thomas
Contract discussions ongoing: Joel Ward, Kit Margetson
Offered pro contracts: Billy Clarke, Milo Robinson, Caio Ifans, Callum Jones
Released: Tom Ince, Nampalys Mendy, Tobi Adeyemo, Myles Roberts, Hayden Barrett, Ian Kamga, Joshua Keyes, Kristian Shevchenko
In discussions: Jonathan Lawson, Roraigh Browne, Conrad Hunt
Released: Jed Wallace, Daryl Dike, Joe Wildsmith
Youth players released: Dan Chimeziri, Muhamed Diomande, Evan Humphries, Miller McDonald, Kevin Mfuamba, Deago Nelson, Torin Ntege, Donte German-Ranger, Adam Okorodudu, Liam Wilkes
Offer made: Josh Maja, Max O'Leary [signed three-year deal], Ben Cisse, Akeel Higgins, Jamal Mohammed, Brian Okonkwo, Jaiden Francis-Caesar
In talks: Karlan Grant
Extensions activated: Joe Wallis, Louie Brady
Released: Andy Cannon, Jay Rodriguez, Callum Edwards, Rueben Egan, Tom Kelly, Max Purvis
Young players released: Daymeon Almeida, Casey Bedford, Umar Nawaz