 This failed to persuade Stokes to return, however, and Tractor reported him to the legal department of FIFA with a view to terminating his contract.In January, after a meeting in England with interim coach Mohammad Taghavi, Stokes decided to come back and play until the end of the season.In July 2019, it was reported that he had signed a contract with Turkish side Adana Demirspor yet still had a running contract with Tractor with 103 days (and counting) of unjustified absence.