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Published 16:12 1 Jun 2019 BST
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In a very short and somewhat sweet press release, this afternoon, Villa confirmed the departure of several familiar faces:
'Aston Villa has today released eight players. They are Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick, Albert Adomah, Glenn Whelan, Ritchie De Laet, Mark Bunn and Micah Richards. 'We’d like to thank all of them for their contributions and wish them the best of luck for the future.'47 words. Take out the players' names and that is just 30 words used to see off the players. The club did, at least, put together a video for social media: https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1134827974778347520 It seems particularly cutting to the likes of Alan Hutton (198 Villa appearances), who had already signalled his exit with a post lauding the club and its fans, Albert Adomah (125 appearances) and veteran midfielder Glenn Whelan (73 appearances in two seasons). Ireland international Whelan made 36 leagues appearances (24 starts) for Villa this season and last started in the 2-1 playoff semi-final win over West Brom. It remains to be seen what his next club career move will be.
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