"This is not the way we would have liked to have dealt with it, mostly because we were really hopeful that he would get back out there," Farina said. "Pascal has done everything right and has tried to get himself back to full fitness, but he's obviously still injured and it's been a tough road after doing his Achilles twice. We're in a situation where we need to have players who are available and ready. We need all hands on deck.

"I've been looking at different ways of how we can boost the squad and freeing up a visa place - either right now or further in the season - gives us flexibility. We'll honour Pascal's contract, but this is a business and sometimes you need to make some difficult decisions. This is one of those."

After a brilliant first season in the A-League, Bosschaart tore his Achilles in the final match of the campaign, a 3-2 semi-final defeat against Wellington Phoenix in March 2012.

That saw him miss the majority of the subsequent pre-season and after just six games in the 2012-13 season, he was sent for another operation January. He departs with a tally of 33 games for Sydney.

Bosschaart made his comeback during Sydney FC's pre-season tour of Italy, returning in the Sky Blues 5-3 win over Udinese's youth side.