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Andy Johnson has been released from his contract by Barnsley after failing to make an impact at Oakwell.

Midfielder allowed to leave Oakwell

Andy Johnson has been released from his contract by Barnsley after failing to make an impact at Oakwell. The 34-year-old former Wales international has made just five first-team appearances after arriving on a free transfer from Leicester in June 2007. Midfielder Johnson has failed to feature for Simon Davey this term and has now been told he is free to find alternative employment. A club statement read: "Barnsley FC can confirm that midfielder Andy Johnson has left Oakwell after his contract with the club was cancelled by mutual consent." Johnson started out as a trainee at Norwich and was signed by Nottingham Forest for £2.2million in 1997 before West Brom bought him for £200,000 in 2001.