Kevin-Prince Boateng is set to see out the remainder of his contract with Schalke after failing to find a new club this summer.
The Ghana international was suspended indefinitely by the Gelsenkirchen club in May and advised to find pastures new.
A move to Sporting Lisbon broke down, while the 28-year-old appears reluctant to join a club in the Middle East.
Kevin-Prince Boateng is staying at Schalke after failing to find a new club over the summer
His agent Edoardo Crnjar said Boateng's best option is to see out the final year of his contract in Germany
His agent Edoardo Crnjar said the most likely option for him was to remain with Schalke until his contract expires next summer, although there does not appear to be any sign of the Royal Blues reintegrating him into their first-team squad.
"He's going to stay with Schalke," Crnjar told Gemany's Bild newspaper.
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Boateng could still join a club in the United Arab Emirates or Qatar, whose transfer deadlines have yet to pass.
Otherwise the next opportunity Schalke have of moving him on will come in January.
Boateng is reportedly keen on a return to Serie A, sattaking where he played with AC Milan prior to joining Schalke and where his fiancee Melissa Satta lives, but there were no offers for him from Italian clubs this summer.
There does not appear to be any sign of the Bundesliga club reintegrating him into the first-team squad