Greek club AEK Athens could not offload <span>Macauley Chrisantus before the transfer window slammed shut in most part of Europe on Monday night. <br /><br />Spanish Segunda Division team SD Ponferradina were frontrunners for the signature of the </span><span>ex-Golden Eaglets striker, only for the transfer to collapse on deadline day.<br /><br />Chrisantus</span><span>&rsquo;s intermediary is anticipating that his client will remain with the capital side until this summer but has not ruled out a shift to either Ukraine or China, where there is interest and the market remains wide open until end of this month.<br /><br /></span>&ldquo;<span>Macauley</span> is the best child and has not caused the slightest problem. Ask anyone you want at AEK. They told him to leave the group and said OK,&rdquo; Macauley<span>&rsquo;s</span> agent said to <i>Sports Day</i>.<br /><br />&ldquo;The problem was and why he remains a player of AEK Athens, the club were asking for money<span><span></span>, they did not want him to leave free but only with a sale.<br /><br /></span><span>&ldquo; There is interest from these countries(China and Ukraine). But I repeat it will be done only if left free. Otherwise he will stay in AEK until the end of the season, when his contract expires and then we will see.</span>&rdquo;<br /><br />FC Kaiserslautern and Elche were among the clubs circling for the former Hamburg and Sivasspor frontman in the January transfer window.<br />