Ipswich Town: Luke Chambers and Cole Skuse to depart League One club

Luke Chambers (left) made 41 appearances for Ipswich in 2020-21, while Cole Skuse only played four times

Ipswich Town captain Luke Chambers and midfielder Cole Skuse will both leave the League One club when their contracts expire this summer.

Defender Chambers, 35, scored 19 goals in 396 appearances for the Tractor Boys after joining from Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2012.

Skuse, also 35, featured 278 times and scored twice following his switch from Bristol City in 2013.

Both players featured in Sunday's win over Fleetwood at Portman Road.

"Chambo and Cole have been exemplary pros," Ipswich boss Paul Cook told the club website.

"They have been a pleasure to work with in my short time here and you won't find better role models for young players coming through."

Meanwhile, Freddie Sears, Emyr Huws, Tristan Nydam and James Wilson will also depart the Suffolk club.

Striker Sears, 31, scored 34 goals in 217 outings while Wales international Huws, 27, played 55 times.

Defender Wilson, 32, clocked up 49 appearances and won the 2020-21 supporters' player of the year award, while 22-year-old midfielder Nydam featured on 22 occasions after coming through the club's academy.

Ipswich, who finished ninth in League One, had already announced the departures of left-back Stephen Ward, 35, and midfielder Alan Judge, 32.

The club have also taken up options to extend the deals of Janoi Donacien, Aaron Drinan, Kayden Jackson, Idris El Mizouni and Toto Nsiala.

Teddy Bishop will also remain at the club, having triggered an extension to his contract.