Sunderland have reached an agreement with midfielder Papy Djilobodji, whose was sacked by the club in September following a breach of contract.
Djilobodji was given a month of voluntary unpaid leave in July to find a new club, with the agreement being that he would return to training in August if he failed to win a deal elsewhere.
However, the Senegalese midfielder failed to return to training for over a month after he should have done, and 'comprehensively failed' a fitness test when he did.
Sunderland had signed Djilobodji from Chelsea for £8m in 2016 and he was under contract until 2020, but this breach of contract was sufficient for the Black Cats to curtail his time at the Stadium of Light, and the terms of his dismissal have finally been agreed.