Nigeria international Taye Taiwo will only return to&nbsp; HJK Helsinki in the 2016 season if he fails to sign for a new team, and the defender is yet to resume pre - season training with the Finnish club.<br /><br />According to Tekin Birinci, the agent of the former Bursaspor and AC Milan star, a return to Turkey or Italy could be on the cards in the January transfer window.<br /><br />&ldquo;Taye Taiwo wants to play in a bigger league, maybe he will return to Turkey. Right now we are in talks with Turkish and Italian clubs, &rdquo; said Birinci, who used to manage Seattle Sounders star Obafemi Martins, to <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br />&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t agree with any of the clubs we are talking to and don&rsquo;t have other options he must return to HJK.&rdquo;<br /><br />At the end of the 2015 season, HJK activated a clause which was inserted into his earlier contract that allows them to prolong his stay by an additional season.<br /><br />The wing - back , 30,&nbsp; made 11 starts in the league last term, lasting the distance in each of those games.<br /><br /><b>Editor</b><br />