The Egypt number one arrived late from international duty after the African Cup of Nations and hasn’t been training regularly ever since.

"Al-Hadari trained three times only since he arrived from the Nations Cup. So it would have been unfair to include him," Soliman told FilGoal.com.

"He is a big player, but he was late and didn’t apologize."

Reserve keeper Mohamed Sobhi deputized for Al-Hadari in the Dervishes' 2-1 league win over Mansoura on Sunday.

Al-Hadari, 37, expressed his desire to move to Sudanese giants Merreikh before the Nations Cup, but Ismaili refused to let him go.