Jimmy Thelin revealed that Shayden Morris is likely to seal a move away from Aberdeen after the winger was omitted from the squad for the 3-0 defeat away to FCSB.
The Dons lost their Europa League play-off round tie 5-2 on aggregate to the Romanian champions.
The 23-year-old joined from Fleetwood three years ago and was the Dons' player of the year last term as they finished fifth in the Premiership and won the Scottish Cup .
However, Morris was allowed to leave Aberdeen's pre-match base in Bucharest on Thursday for talks with his suitors, who are reportedly Luton.
"The interest around him was really strong late yesterday and I had a talk with Shayden and we made the decision together that the distraction was too much so he could not perform today, so we took him out of the sq