City have terminated the contract of Gbolahan Okewoye by mutual consent.
The midfielder, was a scholar at City before signing professional terms in the summer, has been allowed to leave to explore opportunities elsewhere.
Okewoye spent time on loan at Lincoln United last season, helping the Whites to promotion, and came off the bench for the Imps in the Carabao Cup win at Harrogate Town earlier this season. He was most recently on loan at Grimsby Borough, in step 4 of the pyramid.
Sporting director Jez George said: “This is best for Bola in allowing him to find a club closer to home that can give him a platform to play at a level higher than we have been able to find for him.
“He has some outstanding physical attributes but we do not see him progressing into our first team and therefore it is better for him to move on now rather than staying until the end of the season without a realistic future pathway.”