Nottingham Forest have confirmed today that Kris Commons is to be released.

The 24 year old midfielder has not been offered a new contract after he told manager Colin Calderwood he would not be staying at The City Ground.

Calderwood explained: "We offered Kris a new contract last summer but he decided instead to sign a one-year extension to his existing agreement.

"We had hoped to sit down with him and his agent again at the end of the season to talk about his future at The City Ground.

"But he told me shortly after we had secured promotion that he had already decided to leave."

Alan Power and Felix Bastians have also been released, while Forest have offered new contracts to six players.

Sammy Clingan, Dale Roberts, Paddy Gamble, Shane Redmond, Hamza Bencherif and Joe Heath are considering contract offers from The Reds.

Youngsters Mark Byrne, who made his first-team debut last month as a substitute against Cheltenham, and Tom Sharpe have signed new one-year deals.