Christian Eriksen's move to Inter Milan has not worked out and he is all-but certain to leave the club in January, according to their chief executive Giuseppe Marotta.
The Denmark midfielder, who only joined the Serie A club from Tottenham in January, has struggled for playing time this season and Marotta has admitted he does not fit into manager Antonio Conte's system.
Eriksen has already cast doubt on his future at San Siro and now, just a week after suggesting he could leave if he wishes, Marotta has said the 28-year-old could be "functional" for them in the January transfer window.
"If by January Eriksen has played little, he will himself ask to leave," Marotta told Sky in Italy.
"We have to do it without any controversy from one side or the other, simply by considering it as a positive transfer move that has not been functioning for our technical-tactical needs.