Cardiff City striker Ibrahim Meite is expected to leave in January.

The Daily Mail says Meite is set to leave the club on a free transfer in January with Russia one potential destination.

Meite, 22, made just two first-team appearances for the Bluebirds after joining them in January 2017 and spent the first-half of last season on loan at League Two side Crawley Town.

The forward had a trial with Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg last month at their mid-season training camp in Cyprus.

He played 45 minutes of a behind-closed-doors friendly against Cypriot top-flight side Enosis Neon Paralimni, scoring in a 4-3 defeat.

As well as Ural, there is also interest from Russian club Spartak Moscow as well as Premier League side Watford, Championship promotion-chasers West Brom, French side Saint-Etienne and German Bundesliga strugglers Hannover.