Town have announced that French-Guinean midfielder Cheick Kourouma has left the club by mutual consent. Kourouma, 20, signed a one-year deal in the summer after a protracted battle to cut through extensive red tape relating to his previous clubs.

Kourouma appeared for the Blues in friendlies and in the U21s, but failed to make the first team squad.

Chief executive Simon Clegg said: “We wish Cheick every success for the future."

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alztar added 17:30 - Dec 21 after all that bloody hassle! Nevermind good luck to him
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Rentaghost added 17:31 - Dec 21 What a farce with all the red tape. I feel sorry for him.
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blueblood66 added 17:43 - Dec 21 Paul Jewell..that is all
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safeashouses added 17:43 - Dec 21 Another Jewell / Clegg masterstroke gone wrong. Never was any good .
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jas0999 added 17:48 - Dec 21 I am afraid this just demonstrates what a poor manager PJ was / is. A complete and utter waste of time, when we should have been dedicating more effort to sign say a few defenders. However, I wish the player well - clearly not his fault.
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ChrisMakin2012 added 17:51 - Dec 21 I will get knocked for saying this but, he was never a good player in the first place and this was proven against Colchester and a few other preseason friendlies. Why PJ bought him here I do not know.
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SouperJim added 17:53 - Dec 21 Best. Signing. Ever.
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Plums added 17:54 - Dec 21 The next Jordan Rhodes?
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itfcjc added 17:56 - Dec 21 Great reccomdation from Sonko
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theblueginger added 18:02 - Dec 21 Bloody typical. If he joins Huddersfield, we should worry.
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Dolly2.0 added 18:08 - Dec 21 blueblood, safeas and jaz - erm, Jewell got us Cresswell and Hewitt. What do you think of those signings? Not every signing comes off and he would hardly have been on good money.
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Wickets added 18:09 - Dec 21 Wat a c--k up.
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safeashouses added 18:32 - Dec 21 Is Hewitt any good ? None of us really know do we ! Cresswell ok ! then if we go along those lines Drury,Bowyer,Bullard,Loach,Chopra probably could go on but point is made .
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TrueBlueFerret added 18:35 - Dec 21 Chicken Korma Off MenU............
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AbujaBlue added 18:36 - Dec 21 As Dolly says, PJ had many problems but buying players was not one of them. Not every freaking player he buys is going to turn out to be Messi, some slip along the way and Cheick was clearly one of them. Good luck to him.
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itfc1981 added 18:41 - Dec 21 The next Simon Clegg?
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francisb123 added 18:51 - Dec 21 trueblueferret, never ever make that joke again!
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Ipswichbusiness added 18:52 - Dec 21 When he was signed I posted a comment pointing out the number of clubs that he had had despite being so young, saying it was indicative of someone of a restless nature and predicting that he would not be here next year. Those who score these comments marked me down for it. I told you so. If I could see it, why couldn't Messrs Jewell, Clegg and Evans?
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mannos6 added 19:04 - Dec 21 I think jewell Sumed it all up "He's one for the future" Here's your 1 year contract!
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Mark added 19:23 - Dec 21 A free transfer, it didn't work out, never mind. I had the feeling we were not that keen to sign him anyway in the end so perhaps he didn't impress that much over the summer.
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Daleyitfc added 19:26 - Dec 21 I had forgotten he was still here : and now he's not!
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Garv added 19:46 - Dec 21 Poor kid. Gutted for him. I thought he looked okay during pre-season, obviously Mick hasn't seen much in him. On the inevitable topic of Paul Jewell, he made more good signings than bad. This one is hardly a disaster anyway is it? Blimey.
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Westcountryblue added 20:14 - Dec 21 Well, he never was going to be a decent signing was he. Its hardly surprising considering that the player has had x amount of clubs before the age of 20..... Like Devaan Yao, he'll just float around the backwaters in the football world.
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SimonCleggsNeck added 20:26 - Dec 21 What a waste of phone bills!
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TimmyH added 20:31 - Dec 21 Oh dear! as mentioned all the hassle of trying to get him here, for what?
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