Swedish striker Robert Steiner's £200,000 move to Norwegian First Division club Stabaek appears to have fallen through.
The Bradford City player travelled to Norway for talks after the clubs had agreed a fee, but he was back at Valley Parade yesterday to watch the Bolton match.
"We could not agree personal terms," explained Steiner who will be trying to win back his place in the City side.
Steiner who joined City in a £500,000 deal last summer from Swedish club Norkopping still has two years left of his three year contract.
But the Bantams have a surplus of strikers after paying a club record £1.3 million for Isaiah Rankin from Arsenal and £1 million for Lee Mills from Port Vale.
They both scored in yesterday's 2-2 draw against Bolton at Valley Parade.
Mills was relieved to grab his first goal for City - and then set himself the target of 20 goals this season.
The £1 million signing from Port Vale grabbed an 88th minute equaliser to earn the Bantams their first point of the season.
Mills admitted that the pressure had been building after four games without a goal and joked: "The ball and chains are off now."
He then added: "I have this tag as a million pound player and the lads have been taking the mickey in the dressing room.
"It is only friendly but it can start playing on your mind after a while. But the way to shut everyone up is to score a goal.
"My first target was to get off the mark. Last season I set myself a target of 20 goal with Port Vale and I was disappointed to only get 16. And I am sticking to 20 for this season."
Mills' equaliser gave City a deserved share of the spoils and the striker insists it could be the catalyst for an improvement in the side's fortunes.
"The gaffer wants us to play football. Bolton do just that and I think we showed that we can do the same.
"We know we need to get our season off and running and hopefully this point will do just that."
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