Town will issue their official retained list on Monday.
Manager Paul Lambert met with the seven players whose contracts are up following the final game of the season but the club is yet to release official confirmation of who will be staying and who will be going with the deadline for submitting the retained list to the EFL tomorrow. The EFL will publish the retained lists for all clubs on June 1st.
"We’re obviously working through that,” O’Neill told TWTD on Monday. "The retain and release list will go out just after the third Saturday in May but conversations back and forth with players and agents are ongoing.
"We’re very close to getting sorted out but it’s still a few more days before we can confirm what that plan is going to be going forward.”
Among those whose departures look certain to be confirmed are Jonas Knudsen, Jordan Spence and Simon Dawkins, while discussions have continued with Dean Gerken, Grant Ward, Tom Adeyemi and James Collins. Town have had an option to keep hold of Gerken, Ward and Adeyemi for a further season.
As previously reported, young defender Chris Smith and attacking midfielder Conor McKendry have been released.
Would like the thank @IpswichTown for the past 6 years at a great club. Met some great people along the way. Time for a new chapter ðŸ™ðŸ»âš½ï¸ pic.twitter.com/iDrD2T7MmC
— Conor McKendry (@mckendry_conor) May 13, 2019