"Despite my feelings about Japan and my great respect for team-mates and coaching staff in the S-Pulse, I feel that this is not the right project for me," Ljungberg said in the statement.
"I want to be clear that all at S-Pulse have been fantastic to me. I cannot thank them enough for everything they did for me during my time in the club."
"It was not the right English clubs. French and Scandinavian clubs also showed interest," Bouzid said, adding: "He wants to play in a club battling for league titles, but he also wants his final project to give him a chance to give something back to society."
He went on to represent fellow London club West Ham United before a sojourn in North America's Major League Soccer (MLS) with the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire.
