Bradford City have released striker Bruno Rodriguez following his unsuccessful six-week stay - and written off the £500,000 loan fee they paid for the Frenchman.

The French B international joined the Bantams last month amid a blaze of publicity in a loan deal until the end of the season from Paris St Germain.

But he managed just 55 minutes of Premiership action for the Bantams in two appearances and played a further 143 minutes in three Worthington Cup outings.

It means that Rodriguez cost City £2,525 per minute in loan fee alone.

City had originally agreed a £3.2 million fee, which was to include the initial £500,000, if both parties wanted to make the 26-year-old's move permanent at the end of the season.

However after negotiations over the last few days, City have agreed to cancel the player's contract and he will now return to his French club.

Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said: "We have had certain discussions with the player and it was agreed yesterday afternoon that in everybody's interests the player's contract should be cancelled.

"The player and his family have found it very difficult to settle in Bradford so an amicable agreement has been reached.

"The club would like to wish the player every success in the future."

Asked about the loan fee which City agreed with PSG, the City chief said: "That fee was paid at the time and has now been lost."

Rodriguez arrived in Bradford after City beat off competition from clubs in Italy, Spain and France and he made his debut as a substitute in the home draw with Tottenham.

However he failed to live up to the expectations his signing generated with his first team appearances being restricted to occasional forays from the bench and a disappointing display at home to Reading in the Worthington Cup.

The Frenchman was recently fined two weeks wages by the club for returning to training a day late after an authorised weekend visit to Paris.

There have also been reports in the French media of him being unhappy in Bradford.

Rodriguez joined PSG for £2.2 million in January this year after his goals had helped Metz to the runners-up spot in the French league the previous season.

However the Corsica-born player, who did not speak English, failed to settle here although he did suffer a number of niggling injuries during his time with the Bantams.

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