Cardiff City Manager Steve Morison says striker Kieffer Moore "forced" through his transfer to Bournemouth and claims uncertainty over his future affected the player's performances.
He has only scored five goals this season, compared a tally of 20 in the previous campaign.
"I think you can see his performances since the summer have not been where they were last season," said Morison.
"We still didn't want to sell him, we wanted him to turn his form around and be a part of what we're doing.
"He still had a contract for next year and we had an option on him as well, so we had him for a good bit of time.