Wesley Sneijder has been released from his contract with Galatasaray, freeing up the Dutch midfielder to continue his career with a different club.
Goal's Tom Maston reported the news.
The 33-year-old moved to Istanbul in 2013 after a successful spell with Inter Milan and led Galatasaray to two Turkish league titles. The Yellow-Reds have struggled since the 2014-15 campaign, however.
The timing of the Netherlands international's departure comes as a shocku2015earlier this week, fans thought he reassured them rumours of a move were unfounded when he tweeted this:
Wesley SneijderGood medical test this morningud83dudc4dud83cudffb And it feels great to be on the pitch again today #training #football #lovethefans u26bdufe0f https://t.