Troubled Scottish striker Garry O'Connor held talks in Siberia on Thursday for over a move to Russian second-tier side FC Tomsk, a club spokesman told R-Sport on Thursday.
O'Connor, a former Birmingham City and Scotland player, left Scottish side Hibernian last month by mutual consent after the last two years of his contract were canceled.
"O'Connor has arrived in Tomsk. The contract with him hasn't been signed yet. Talks are being held with him and his agents which should finish today," the club representative said.
The striker became the first British footballer to play in Russia in 2006 after joining Lokomotiv Moscow, but failed to hold down a first-team place during his 15-month spell with the Railwaymen.
O'Connor was sentenced to 200 hours community service in Edinburgh last month after he was found guilty of possessing cocaine and obstructing a police officer, soon after he was acquitted on unrelated charges of insurance fraud.
He earned 16 caps for Scotland between 2002 and 2009, scoring four goals.
Tomsk were relegated from the Russian Premier League last season after finishing 15th of 16 teams.
The last Scot to join a Siberian club was former Rangers player and Liverpool assistant coach Alex Miller, who was fired by Sibir Novosibirsk in April after a run of poor results in his nine games in charge.
