NICK Carle could be unveiled as a Sydney FC player this afternoon after Crystal Palace agreed to waive a transfer fee for the Australian international.
The midfielder, who joined the Eagles from Bristol City for around �1 million two years ago, has been allowed to move Down Under for nothing despite having another two years left to run on his contract with Palace.
Palace are trying to trim their wage bill with the consortium aiming to buy the club, CPFC 2010, unwilling to fund the Eagles through the rest of the administration process until a deal with creditors has been agreed.
Getting Carle off the payroll will ease the financial burden slightly and reports in Australia claim the player has already signed a three-year deal with Sydney, worth more than �1.1 million.
The 28-year-old became one of three players dropped from Australia's provisional World Cup squad yesterday by coach Pim Verbeek.
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