Sol Bamba leaves Leeds United for 'personal reasons'
Thursday 1 September 2016 13:52, UK
Club captain Sol Bamba has left Leeds United, one year before the end of his contract.
Bamba has left Leeds by mutual consent due to personal reasons, the club has confirmed.
The defender has featured 56 times for Leeds in all competitions and was under contract at Elland Road until next summer.
Bamba was loaned to Leeds from Palermo in January 2015. He signed on a permanent transfer the following summer and was appointed captain by former manager Uwe Rosler.
The 31-year-old's departure has left Leeds with only three centre-backs in Liam Cooper, Kyle Bartley and Pontus Jannson.
Bartley and Jannson are on loan from Swansea and Torino respectively.
"The club would like to thank Sol for his contribution throughout his time here and wish him the very best of luck for the future," a club statement said.
The Ivorian started his career at Paris Saint-Germain and has also played for Dunfermline, Hibernian, Leicester, Trazbonspor and Palermo.
