Wilkins to wield Albion axe

Brighton manager Dean Wilkins is expected to make wholesale changes to his squad in the summer after the Seagulls failed to clinch a place in the League One play-offs.

No fewer than 15 players will be out of contract after the final game of the season and will discover their fate next Tuesday.

First-team squad members Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart, Guy Butters, Paul Reid, Wes Fogden, Doug Loft, Sam Rents, Scott Chamberlain, John Sullivan and Adam Hinshelwood are all out of contract this summer.

Wilkins will also have to decide whether to offer professional deals to youngsters Sam Gargan, Sonny Cobbs, Chris Winterton and Lloyd Skinner.

Shane McFaul, who has hardly featured in the first team since moving to the Withdean Stadium from University College Dublin in January, is also out of contract.

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