“I don’t have a back injury, and I’m astonished at the people who say such rumors, I just feel pain in my back muscle,” Hosni told FilGoal.com exclusively.

Hosni has been on the sides during the past period after sustaining a muscle strain and has yet to recuperate and return to the fields after an extensive rehabilitation period.

“I did an x-ray and the scans showed that my back muscles were fine, but every time I play, I experience some pain, an aspect which is leaving the doctors perplexed,” Hosni said.

The Egyptian powerhouse are experiencing a goal-drought this season, given the low goal-count of the team’s strikers like Hosni and Emad Meteb who only scored three goals each, while Angolan player Flavio Amado only scored once.