January 31 2014

Darcy Blake

Crystal Palace defender Darcy Blake has left the club by mutual consent.

Blake, 25, only joined in August 2012 from Cardiff City and was highly rated by Bluebirds fans despite falling out of favour with then manager Malky Mackay.

But he only played 11 games before suffering a knee injury in December 2012 and never played for the club since.

There were rumours he had personal problems that affected his return to fitness and it was decided that his contract would be ended early.

A statement on the Palace website read: "Crystal Palace would like to place on record our thanks to Darcy for his service to the football club and we wish him well in his future career."

Blake tweeted: "I wish @Official_CPFC the best of luck 4 the rest of the season and future. Thanks to the fans that supported me n Good luck to u21's lads."