A European star who recently made the lucrative switch to Saudi Arabia could reportedly already be on his way out just one month later.
Saudi Pro League club Al Ittihad have rocked the footballing world with some big transfers in this window, having signed the likes of Karim Benzema, Fabinho, N'Golo Kante, and former Celtic winger Jota.
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However, it is now reported that the latter could already be moved on after little more than a month at the club.
The 24-year-old winger, who joined the Saudi side from Celtic for a fee of £25 million (R600 million) in July, has reportedly been criticised by the team's fans for arriving "without a star sign", according to Marca, and is said to have failed to impress his new manager too.
This, along with the influx of the abovementioned star players, has contributed to reported tension in the club's dressing room, and it has now been suggested that the Portuguese forward could be forced to make an exit in a bid to stamp out the flames.
There is also speculation that his exit would also allow Ittihad to bring in yet another big name.
The Saudi Pro League allows each team to have eight foreign players in their squads, but despite winning their opening two games of the league season, it appears Ittihad are unsatisfied with some of the international players in their roster, and seemingly want to replace them with more high-profile stars.
According to Saudi newspaper Al-sharq Al-awsat, Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe and Egyptian midfielder Tarek Hamed are also considered to not be good enough and may also find themselves walking through the exit door with Jota.
The club reportedly wanted to sign Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah as a replacement for Jota. However, the player's agent came out earlier this month to confirm that the Egyptian will not be moving away from Merseyside.
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"If we considered leaving LFC this year, we wouldn't have renewed the contract last summer. Mohamed remains committed to LFC," Ramy Abbas Issa wrote on Twitter.
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