Former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue has had his transfer to Cypriot side Turk Ocagi Limasol put "on hold" after his medical revealed "abnormal blood values."
According to Goal's Chris Wheatley, Tekin Birinci—who acted as an intermediary in the deal taking the free agent to Cyprus—confirmed Eboue is now being medically evaluated in England and denied speculation in the Turkish media that the 34-year-old has been diagnosed with HIV:
"Eboue signed for a club and, as a normal procedure, we took him for a medical to check him out.
"They found abnormal blood values so they didn't issue the licence and we took the decision to send him to England to have medical check-ups there.