The 36-year-old has been without a team since December after an unsuccessful three-month spell at Olympiakos in Greece.
There were suggestions that the former Ivory Coast international had retired, but he denied that earlier this week and said he wanted to keep playing "for a few more years".
It appears that his swansong could now be a sojourn in eastern China at Qingdao, who are top of the second-tier China League One and play in Barcelona colours......
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