By Amr Shaheen BBC Sport Online

German club Kaiserslautern has offered its full support to their Egyptian defender Hany Ramzy as he battles suspected tuberculosis in hospital.

Following the news of Ramzy's illness, Micheal Novak, press officer of Kaiserslautern, spoke exclusively to BBC Sport Online about the condition of the star Pharaoh.

"Ramzy is being hospitalised at the moment," Novak said, confirming that Ramzy was initially admitted for treatment for pneumonia..

"I can assure you that we are still not sure about his case. The doctors suspect that he may have caught TB but till this moment the tests did not confirm their doubts."

Novak added that his club has taken all possible measures to secure his players, who may be afraid of the contagious decease.

"All the players, technical staff, anyone who has ever been in contact with Ramzy, even me, were in hospital having X-rays to make sure that no one was infected," he said.

There were many rumours about Ramzy's future with his club after the broke of his illness, which may take him a long period to recover from.

However, the official spokesman of the club clarified the issue about Ramzy's future with his club.

"We are backing Ramzy till the end," Novak said.

"We want him back in the squad as soon as possible, his team-mates, the coach, me and everyone in the club will do their best to help him recover quickly and join us again.

"Ramzy is a big player, he is a famous name in the Bundesliga. Since he went into hospital, we have been receiving enormous amounts of letters and phone calls from fans everywhere, who expressed their sorrow and support for Ramzy," Novak added.

Ramzy is staying at the moment at the Ooestpfalwest hospital, but his doctors do not allow him to take any phone calls as he is in intensive care.