On his rehabilitation:

«The main difficulties are over. I will slowly start running again and then gradually I will integrate back into the squad. But I am not in a hurry, I want to be 100% ready to come back stronger.»

On how he has experienced the whole situation:

«It is very difficult. It is a situation you go through on your own., working in the gym. All the guys have helped me a lot psychologically when I returned from Italy. I did the first stage of my recovery there and it was very difficult because I was alone with my mother. It was tough. But now I feel good and I can’t wait to go out on the field because it’s very difficult to be permanently in the gym.»

On his thoughts about returning to action:

«I want to help the team and I’m looking forward to it.»

On how he sees the PAOK squad off the field:

«The team has had some ups and downs with both good and bad performances. In my opinion we need to be tougher on ourselves and show the real quality we have both individually and as a team.»

On whether there is a lot of fatigue among the squad:

«There is fatigue. Also Mr. Garcia does not have time to go through all of his ideas. We play a game every three days and there is very little time for preparations. It is difficult for him and we have to help him. Everyone who is at PAOK has quality and must bring it with them out on the pitch.»

On the game with Panetolikos:

«It is a dangerous game, Panetolikos is in a difficult position in terms of points. But they are a team with quality. We have to be careful, we are come from a bad result and we have to respond. We have to come out strongly from the first minute and kill off the game early, and I believe we will we succeed.»

On his personal wish for the new season:

«I want it to be a season that is nothing like last year. I want to stay healthy and to go through the difficult times to get back to normal.»