According to reports in the Saudi media, Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng’s move to Al Ittihad is off after failing a medical.

The Schalke 04 outcast was examined in Madrid on Thursday by Bupa Arabia, the official healthcare partner of the Saudi Arabian side.

Early this month, Sporting Lisbon turned down Boateng after the 28-year-old failed a knee medical test.

It had earlier been reported that he failed to join the Portuguese side because of a dispute over his image rights.

The former Hertha Berlin, Borussia Dortmund, Portsmouth and AC Milan forward was suspended indefinitely by Schalke 04 in May after the Gelsenkirchen club’s Bundesliga defeat to Cologne.