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Michael Branch has been sent home from training and placed on the transfer list by Chester City.
The creative midfielder, 27, fell out with boss Mark Wright in March shortly after Wright's re-appointment at the Deva Stadium. Now, after being banished from the club after the incident, Branch arrived for the first day of pre-season training today was was immediately shown the door.
Branch has 12 months left on his Chester contract and is likely to command a fee. The player is likely to interest Bulls boss Graham Turner who appears yet to have signed the creative midfielder that Bulls fans have been craving.
Meanwhile, Chester have been fined £15,000 for their poor disciplinary record last season.
