Hatem Ben Arfa posts cryptic message about future as ex-Newcastle forward is linked with Serie A

Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio reported that Ben Arfa would put pen to paper pre-deadline– but the player remains a free agent.

And he’s taken to Instagram to explain the situation. He said: “No challenge that has been proposed to me excites me. It's like with a woman if she does not excite you lets my brother down.”