However, his agent has always insisted the Newcastle United midfielder his happy to be returning to the Premiership as a Toon player.
Lazio are said to be interested, but that seems to be nothing more than newspaper talk.
Pedro Jimenez Bravo: "Jonas is a Newcastle player, and still has three years left on his current contract.
"He intends to respect that contract with the Magpies.
"No one from Lazio has contacted me up until now. Jonas and I are not thinking about any teams, other than the ones we serve," he added.