Adam Nagy is close to rubber-stamping his move to Italian Serie B side AC Pisa, but Bristol City will not collect a fee for the Hungarian international midfielder.
Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson clarified that the 26-year-old is departing Ashton Gate on a free transfer, with the Robins still active in the market this window themselves, but Pearson not confident that any further additions will be made.
No deals are believed to be close to fruition, though Taylor Moore may leave on loan before the end of the transfer window.
"I hope so and I've heard nothing to the contrary," said Pearson, on the impending deal going through once routine medical checks are completed. "He goes with our best wishes of course, until I hear otherwise we say goodbye to Adam.
"We don't need cover there. I'm really happy with what we've got in that position. It's just a body lighter and a player who was going to have limited opportunities here.
"So he goes with our best wishes," said Pearson, who refused to go into specifics about whether the 51-cap international's request to leave BS3 was due to personal reasons.
Pearson revealed after the Robins 1-1 draw with Blackpool on the opening weekend of the season that the Hungarian international had asked for a transfer this summer.
Nagy had struggled to settle in Bristol since arriving from Bologna in the summer of 2019 for a fee in the region of £2.5m. His first season was disrupted by injury and then Covid-19, with the midfielder suffering from homesickness.
Nagy's only appearance this season was in the Carabao Cup first round defeat to Forest Green and the Robins are well-stocked in central midfielder with summer arrivals Andy King, Matty James plus Han-Noah Massengo, Tyreeq Bakinson and Joe Williams.
The 26-year-old had 12 months remaining on his contract and, as one of the club's higher earners, that salary eases the Robins wage bill, a desire of Pearson's at the start of the window.
However, the 58-year-old also wouldn't be drawn on if Nagy's departure would allow him to invest in other areas of the team, with his desire for a striker, as expressed in June, yet to be fulfilled.
"I just see it as sensible business," he added. "There will come a time when we want to add, whether it's this window, next window or the one after that. It's just sensible business.
"There's just no point having players in the building who aren't going to have a lot of pitch time. As far as I'm concerned it's just sensible business."
