Ghanaian veteran, Michael Essien, has been released by Indonesian top-flight club, Persib Bandung.
The former Black Stars midfielder joined the club a year ago and was recently revealed to have extended his contract.
He scored five goals in 29 games last season for the Liga 1 outfit.
However, Persib have now released Essien after filling their maximum quota of foreign players with a series of close-season signings.
Club chief executive Zainuri Hasyim said: “Essien was not among the players we launched for the new season because we wanted to fulfil the PSSI [Indonesian FA] regulation of four foreign players in a team.”
Essien is expected to sign for another Liga 1 team, Bali United.
The 35-year-old has also represented the likes of Olympique Lyon, Chelsea, AC Milan and Real Madrid in his career.
