1. You turn 33 years old in June, has your routine changed as you’ve gotten older?

I don't think it’s changed much because I think I love the routine. I love doing the same things for years. I think a routine is very, very good for us as a footballer and the only thing I would say I noticed is that I have started to study the other player’s games more. Not just my game, and they need to adapt to me, but I think sometimes I need to adapt to them because they're still young and they don't have that experience. Maybe in the future when they become my age they will do the same role, but I think now I know each opponent’s game and how they work. I know how they play. I know what they want and then it’s about trying to almost use that to my advantage to also improve my game somehow. That's the only thing I feel I notice the difference.

2. Is it true ex-Arsenal FC boss Arsène Wenger visited Melwood when Liverpool FC trained there and gave you advice about staying focused?

Yeah, I think I was asking him for advice because he worked with the great players and everyone knows his legacy and about him. So I asked him for advice, and I think it's made a difference in my career because I'm always trying to put it into consideration. Sometimes you could have a bad game, but if you still stay focused in the game it can make a difference, that's what counts. Hopefully I keep doing this for as long as I'm here.

3. Has staying focused been vital on your journey from playing football as a kid back home in Egypt to starring for Liverpool FC?

I think like everybody else, I just wanted to play football. So I used to go from my village to Cairo five days a week. It was a little bit of a long journey, but to do the things I love, so I was happy. It was also quite tricky because playing in the village is different than playing for a club. The pressure also is different because you are playing for a club when you were playing with your friends in the village a week before. The other thing that was in my mind was ‘Okay, I need to train hard, I need to make sure the manager likes me, the way that I train and that I sacrifice everything and dedicate everything for football’. I think that once I was there I never missed a training session. So every time there’s a training session, I go. Every time there's a game, I go. So yeah, I was focussed and it was quite difficult for me, but in the end, when you do something you love, you don't really feel that pressure.

4. You ended up moving to Basel and then in 2014 you signed for Chelsea FC, but didn’t pay regularly. Was that hard for you?

I almost signed for Liverpool and then [Jose] Mourinho called me and they changed my mind. So I said okay, I'm going to London now. Things were hard in the beginning, but I still also say this is the most important period of my life when I went to Chelsea because when I started struggling there, I was like, ‘Okay, so now what? Do you want to be an average player or do you want to be a really good player? An average player would do this and a top player would do that’. So I went to the gym every day. This was the first key point for me. I started to read a lot and started watching a lot of videos on YouTube. It helped me also to change how I behaved and my mentality and everything, to go to the gym and see what are the things you can do to improve. Even at Chelsea when I was not playing, I was always the first one in the gym. I tried to be there every day and even when things weren't going in my direction, I just believed more.

5. And then you went to Italy to play for ACF Fiorentina and AS Roma…

I just wanted to change the whole culture. The English media at that time, for me, was too much, so I had to think, ‘Okay, I want them to forget me now’. I just wanted to go somewhere with different cultures, different players, different things, which helped me a lot, to be fair. The tactics there I think are better than England, but the intensity is different. So you go there and you see different people, different ideas. I just played there for two years and then when I had a chance to come to Liverpool, I said ‘Okay, now I'm ready.’ I was finally happy to play in the Premier League with Liverpool because it was in my head that people were doubting me all the time that I could make it in the Premier League. But actually, when I was at Chelsea, I felt that the Premier League was just right for me because of the speed I had. I felt like I could focus and I could do good stuff in the Premier League because, at the end of the day, I don't see myself just playing in a league that was always tactical every time. I just felt ‘Okay I need to go somewhere with intensity and the space where I can just express myself.’ So that's what I found at Liverpool when I came back.

6. Did you expect the change of head coach from Jürgen Klopp to Arne Slot to go so smoothly?

I didn't expect it to be that quick, but the new manager didn't change that much for us. He likes to keep the counter-pressing and still play counter-attack, but he likes to control the ball more and keep the ball with us. Now we try to control the game more and keep the ball with us more whereas with Jürgen it was more counter-attack or counter-pressing. So it's slightly different, but I don't see a big difference.

7. Is legacy important to you?

Look, I have my legacy in the club anyway, but the thing in my head now is I just want to win the Premier League. Whatever it takes for me to win the Premier League with this club, with the fans, I would do it.

8. What have been your highest and lowest points during your time at Liverpool FC?

I think the highest point for me would be if I win the Premier League this year and hopefully we win the Premier League this year. The lowest one I think was the first Champions League final that we lost [against Real Madrid CF in 2018] because of the injury and stuff.

9. How do you want to be remembered by people?

I don't know. I would love that the players who have played with me see me as a really good human being, first of all. Then as a player who was always there for them to help them. And with the club, I want the fans to know that I always gave everything for the club. The same with Egypt. I want them to believe that I gave everything possible for the national team to play for 13 years and always be available to go there.

10. Finally, you keep scoring goals so have you got any new goal celebrations lined up like the bow and arrow one from earlier this season?

I'd say it depends on the mood. I just feel like if I like something, I do it, so it will probably change again. I was watching UFC and the arrow celebration came from that [after Israel Adesanya beat Alex Pereira and replicated his celebration after losing to him previously] so that's why I did it. But yeah, I probably will change it again.