Former Cardiff City hero Sol Bamba has written an emotional message of thanks to Middlesbrough fans after the club confirmed he would not be offered a new contract.
The centre-back was released by the Bluebirds at the end of last season, a decision which stuck in the craw of many City supporters, with Mick McCarthy claiming it was a straight shootout between keeping Bamba or signing Mark McGuinness from Arsenal.
The 37-year-old had just been given the all clear following his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the time, but Bamba insisted he did not want to go out like that after a storied playing career.
