Queen of the South will have a squad of just three players by the end of the week.Only Stephen Dobbie, Kevin Holt and Jack Leighfield will remain beyond May 31 as they are contracted to next year.The rest of the players won’t be offered new deals due to confusion surrounding the start of next season resulting from the coronavirus crisis.Striker Gary Oliver was a handful of games away from triggering an automatic extension into 2021 but due to the stoppage of the league, he will miss out.
The former Hearts player needed 20 league starts for a year-long extension but fell short on 13 with eight matches left.Gary, 24, said: “I got a call last week and got the news.