Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi was caught up in a bizarre but hilarious prank on Egyptian television.

Footballers are famed for their involvement in practical jokes - after all, who can forget Rio Ferdinand's World Cup Wind-ups, in which the former England defender 'merk'd' team-mates.

But none of them have dealt with prankster Ramez Galel, who has a reputation for his tricks involving celebrities on his television show, Ramadan.

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Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi believed he was on the way to a TV interview

But his car started sinking in 'quicksand' and the driver ended up enveloped in the pit

Sobhi and his companion climbed on top of their car to avoid sinking into the quicksand

The car itself was filled up with the quicksand as Sobhi and the presenter stood on the roof

All of Galel's victims undergo brutal pranks. Paris Hilton thought she was involved in a crash landing on a plane, while Antonio Banderas was led to believe he was stuck in a burning hotel.

And his latest target is 20-year-old Sobhi, who was told he was on his way to a talk show hosted by Lebanese presenter Nishan.

Instead, his car suddenly got stuck in 'quicksand'. To make the experience all the more harrowing, the driver was swallowed up by the sand.

Sobhi, along with the co-presenter of the show, quickly climb on top of their vehicle but it all seems to be for naught as the sand slowly envelops their car.

Behind the scenes, prankster Ramez Galel started putting on a komodo dragon costume

By this juncture, Sobhi and his companion had sunk into the quicksand themselves

And the situation was made all the worse by the emergence of the komodo dragon

To Sobhi, it looked as though the komodo dragon had spotted his next meal in the quicksand

The Egyptian Stoke City winger started screaming as he thought he was in serious danger

They then start sinking too, a situation made all the worse when a giant komodo dragon appears on the scene.

He clearly begins to fear that he will be eaten by the beast and screams repeatedly until the mask of the costume is lifted, revealing that it has been Galel all along.

It seemed that this had just stoked the flames of Sobhi's anger. He showed the pace he possesses on the field and ran straight after the prankster, kicking him for his involvement in the ordeal.

The Stoke man is in Egypt on international duty - his country take on Tunisia in a qualifier for the Africa Cup of Nations.

But Galel eventually removed his mask to reveal that it had been a prank all along

Realising that he was not actual at threat of losing his life did not improve Sobhi's mood

The 20-year-old pulled himself out of the 'quicksand' and started chasing after Galel

He knocked the presenter, who hosts the show Ramadan on MBC, to the ground

An infuriated Sobhi then kicked sand in the direction of Galel while he was floored