Chris Sandow released by Parramatta Eels effective immediately

Parramatta has agreed to release half-back Chris Sandow effective immediately, freeing him from the final few months of his NRL contract.

English Super League club Warrington is chasing the half-back's services ahead of the July 25 cut-off date, but the deal still needs to be approved by the NRL.

"The club thanks Chris for his time at the Eels and wishes him all the best for his future," an Eels statement read.

Sandow played in the Eels' last-start loss to the Bulldogs on Friday, but copped a two-game ban for a shoulder charge on Brett Morris.

The 26-year-old is reportedly set to receive $50,000 from the Eels after a dispute over unpaid third-party agreements.

Sandow's relationship with the club deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks.
Parramatta great Peter Sterling unloaded on Sandow after an insipid display against Canterbury last Friday night.

"I've been a critic of Chris for a long time now, he's easy to fall in love with when we see what he can do on a football field," Sterling said on Channel Nine's Sunday Footy Show.
"Obviously I can show you, I'll put together clips of the things people don't see, what he doesn't do in games, and the defence he comes up with.

"You cannot be responsible for setting up two smashing tries, but then be directly responsible for conceding three."

That spray came just a day after Sandow went on an expletive-laden rant on his Facebook page that was presumed to be about Eels' coach Brad Arthur, who had earlier told Triple M that Sandow could leave the Eels if the club did not give him a severance package.

Sandow then posted: "I'm sick of these big mouth c**** down here they think I'm one on my own should we run a muck or what I'm over the bullshit."
He has had a torrid time at the club since joining from the Rabbitohs in 2012 on one of the NRL's most lucrative contracts, believed to be worth $500,000 a season.

The expensive signing of the 2008 rookie of the year was widely criticised and his three-and-a-half-year stint in blue and gold has seen him dropped to the NSW Cup with Wentworthville many times.

His former South Sydney captain Roy Asotasi is currently playing with Warrington, alongside other former NRL players Ashton Sims and Joel Monaghan.