Despite presumably moving down the pecking order at Torino with the return of Ciro Immobile, Maxi Lopez has rejected an offer from Qatari club Al Arabi Sky Sport Italia say.
The report continues to read that manager, Gianfranco Zola had specifically requested for his services. Amongst Zola's squad at the Great Hamad Stadium is former Livorno striker Paulinho.
Since moving to the Stadio Olimpico this time last year, The Argentine forward has netted 16 times in 41 games.
The 31-year-old, who missed out on Torino's 4-2 thriller with minnows Frosinone has appeared in 17 of 20 Serie A matchdays scoring three goals and found the net three times as il granata languish in mid-table.
Playing time may lessen
Ciro Immobile returned home having spent a year and a half away with Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla respectively last week and returned in style with a goal coming within the first ten minutes.
With youngster Andrea Belotti in fine form, having netted three in his last two, Lopez playing time may be cut considerably however, he's still first string having kept Fabio Quagliarella resigned to the bench for the past three fixtures.
Veteran of four other Calcio clubs
Lopez progressed through the River Plate youth system and was tipped for big things when Barcelona snapped him up. His spell in Catalonia was to be a mere 14 appearances long as loan spells ran the majority of his contract down. He joined his maiden calcio club in Catania in 2010 from the defunct FC Moscow and it was with Catania where Lopez enjoyed his greatest successes as a player to date. While with Catania, his form earned him a loan move to AC Milan which proved unsuccessful. Subsequently, he was loaned out to Sampdoria for the next two years before Chievo Verona snapped him up permanently from Catania.