El Shaarawy: "I still have a lot to learn, like Allegri also says. Like for example, off-the-ball movements and how to lose my marker."
El Shaarawy: "I've gotten my driver's license, so now I don't have to rely on Antonini to take me to Milanello anymore!"
El Shaarawy: "Who has taught me the most at Milan? In terms of football, I will say Ibra and Thiago Silva."
El Shaarawy: "Seedorf, Inzaghi and Ambrosini have taught me the most from a human point of view."
El Shaarawy: "But I've learned from everyone at Milan by observing them train, and how they behave with the media and the fans."
El Shaarawy: "Ibra used to yell at everybody, not just me. It all comes from his desire to win."
El Shaarawy: "I've never had a quarrel with Gattuso. His declarations were about youngsters in general, not me specifically."
El Shaarawy: "After we beat Udinese last year where I scored the winning goal, we were in the changing rooms and Galliani gave me his phone and said that it was Berlusconi. I was speechless. I couldn't say a word while he was complimenting me."
El Shaarawy: "When we have lunch at Milanello I sit with the senators in the squad. It was also like that last season."
El Shaarawy: "I get along best with Ambro, Abate, Antonini and Bonera."
El Shaarawy: "I live in the San Siro zone. Last year my father was also with us, now my mother is here. My brother visits us sometimes."
El Shaarawy: "If I know how to cook? I know how to make one pasta dish, but I always clean up after we have dinner at home."
El Shaarawy: "What I do in my spare time? Playstation, watch tv. I watch all the football that I can."
El Shaarawy: "I like watching and playing snooker which is a kind of billiard. I'm going to buy a billiard table soon."
El Shaarawy: "I still haven't been inside the Duomo in Milano or seen Castello Sforzesco or The Last Supper painting."
El Shaarawy: "Ambrosini will also pay for my vacation during the christmas break. I will go somewhere in the mountains."
El Shaarawy: "The best defenders that I've faced are Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol. They really impressed me last year when we met them."
El Shaarawy: "The player that has surprised me the most is Denis from Atalanta. He has strength, technique and an eye for goal."
El Shaarawy: "The nickname Il Faraone? It was given to me by a Sky commentator 2 years ago during Genoa-Empoli (Primavera final)."
El Shaarawy: "I like the nickname Il Faraone, because I'm also part Egyptian due to my father."
El Shaarawy: "If I believe that Milan will return to being great again? Milan are already great."
El Shaarawy: "I'm still the same person as always. Only thing that has changed is that I pay for the pizza when I'm with my friends."
El Shaarawy: "The strength of a true champion consists of never settling or being satisfied. You must always improve."
El Shaarawy: "What I fear? Sometimes I think that it only takes very little to hit rock bottom."
El Shaarawy: "I have always been more of a goalscorer than an assistman."
El Shaarawy: "Allegri is not the type who speaks a lot. He has always given me good advice, both about football and about life."
El Shaarawy: "I like watching and playing snooker which is a kind of billiard. I'm going to buy a billiard table soon."