Spanish radio station "COPE" revealed that Athletic Bilbao was unable to register French-Spanish defender Aymeric Laporte before the transfer window closed, due to an administrative issue related to the delay in document arrival.

The source explained that Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia did not send the documents on time, which will lead to the official rejection of the deal by FIFA, and the Basque club is expected to be informed of the decision in the coming hours.

These developments end Bilbao's hopes of regaining Laporte, despite reaching a preliminary agreement with the player and Al-Nassr in recent days, noting that the European transfer market officially closed on Monday evening.

Laporte's future remains uncertain at this moment, as the player wants to leave Al-Nassr, and thus he may join the Turkish league or one of the clubs in the Saudi league.