"I felt really exhausted, my temperature was drastically high," the towering player told FilGoal.com

"When I went to the hospital it turned out that I've catched a horrible cold.

"The doctors recommended that I spend the night at the hospital in order to have intensive treatment."

The former PAOK Saloniki stopper took no part in the 2-1 loss to Sivasspor in the Turkish Super League on Friday, as he hasn't reached full recovery yet.

The former Zamalek prodigy also missed Hacettepe's last two games through a hamstring strain.