{"id":584724,"date":"2026-05-15T02:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584724\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:52:15","slug":"promoted-efl-club-release-eight-players-including-defender-who-made-70-appearances-for-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584724\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoted EFL club release eight players including defender who made 70 appearances for Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bromley have confirmed that Carl Jenkinson has left the club following promotion to League One this season.<\/p>\n

Jenkinson, who made 70 appearances in eight years for Arsenal<\/a>, is now going to be a free agent this summer.<\/p>\n

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Ex-Arsenal defender Jenkinson has left Bromley at the end of his contractCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old joined the now League One side<\/a> when they had just been promoted into the Football League in 2024.<\/p>\n

He made a total of 18 appearances for the club, including 16 in League Two<\/a>, one in the FA Cup<\/a> and one in the EFL Trophy.<\/p>\n

But the right-back’s spell at Bromley is now over as they have opted not to hand him a new contract to keep him for another year.<\/p>\n

Another seven players have also left the club with their deals up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ MORE ON EFL<\/p>\n

Byron Webster, Brooklyn Ilunga, Sam Long, Marcus Dinanga, Sam German, Frankie Moralee and Tade Ibrahim have all gone.<\/p>\n

A second ex-Arsenal defender in Zech Medley is also departing, along with Jenkinson, as he returns to parent club Fleetwood Town.<\/p>\n

They were not lucky enough to be among those who have received an extension heading into their League One<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n

Grant Smith, Ashley Charles, Omar Sowunmi, Corey Whitely and Marcus Ifill have all had options in their contracts triggered.<\/p>\n

Dillon Addai, George Evans and Freddie Taylor are staying too. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jude Arthurs and Idris Odutayo are in talks over signing new deals with Bromley as things stand. <\/p>\n

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Jenkinson leaves Bromley after just less than two years at the clubCredit: GettyJenkinson’s career so far<\/p>\n

So, Jenkinson is going to be on the lookout for a new club this summer if he decides to continue his playing career. <\/p>\n

He started off at Charlton<\/a> in 2010 before joining Arsenal in 2011 with the full-back making the Emirates Stadium his home for eight years.<\/p>\n

His spell with the Gunners<\/a> saw him make 70 appearances across all competitions, scoring one goal and assisting five.<\/p>\n

Jenkinson also spent time on loan at West Ham<\/a> and Birmingham<\/a> before signing for Nottingham Forest<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n

Following three years at the City Ground, he then made a major change, heading to Australia to play for Melbourne City and Newcastle Jets across a two-year stint Down Under.<\/p>\n

He returned from Aussie football in 2024 to join Bromley, and after helping them achieve promotion, he has now moved on.<\/p>\n

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Jenkinson took part in Bromley’s title celebrations but won’t be there next seasonCredit: Shutterstock EditorialMissing out on a special year<\/p>\n

Jenkinson leaves Bromley following a history-making campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have never played in League One before, but they will be doing so next season after achieving promotion.<\/p>\n

Andy Woodman’s side lifted the title with 87 points after a remarkable campaign that included 24 wins. <\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

It was only two years ago, when Jenkinson joined, that they played in the EFL for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n

But now they’re heading into the third tier next term. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bromley have confirmed that Carl Jenkinson has left the club following promotion to League One this season. Jenkinson,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[95343,199806,199805,199804,199807,199811,199808,199810,199809,28844,218,10916,10917,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-584724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-bromley","tag-bromley-players","tag-bromley-release-list","tag-bromley-squad","tag-carl-jenkinson","tag-carl-jenkinson-bromley","tag-carl-jenkinson-career","tag-carl-jenkinson-released","tag-carl-jenkinson-stats","tag-efl","tag-football","tag-league-one","tag-league-two","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}