Cardiff City fans have demanded an explanation after Nathaniel Mendez-Laing's contract has been terminated with immediate effect just three days out from the new season.
The club confirmed on Wednesday that the winger’s contract has been ended over an alleged breach of contract. No further details have yet been made public.
It is understood the player's contract termination is not mutual and is an action which has been taken by the club upon learning of an alleged breach of contract. You can follow live updates on the situation here.
Mendez-Laing had not been involved in pre-season owing to personal reasons, according to manager Neil Harris, with the forward also deleting all forms of social media.
Bluebirds fans since taken to social media as the news sunk in that the Bluebirds will be without one of their strongest players when they kick off the new Championship season this weekend.
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