Carlisle boss John Ward has released three players, made Kevin Gall available for transfer and offered new deals to Luke Joyce and Grant Smith.Zigor Aranalde, Paul Arnison and Grant Carson have all left Brunton Park, while Ward is hoping to offload Gall, who has spent part of the season out on loan at Darlington and has one year left on his existing deal.

The Blues will open talks with Joyce and Smith in the coming weeks, with Ward also admitting the club are hoping goalkeeper Keiren Westwood can agree a new deal.

"Luke and Grant will be offered new contracts, although we haven't yet decided how long they will be," said Ward. "We're talking to Keiren and his representatives and have been for a while now."

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