Hull City winger Ahmed Elmohamady admits his move to England has everything to do with manager Steve Bruce.

The Egypt international wrote in the Daily Mail: "Steve Bruce means everything to me here in England. The manager has brought me from Egypt to Sunderland and he went to Hull and I went with him. I am proud to work with this manager. He is a very good man, I like him.

"He has always spoken to me and given me advice, even about life outside football.

"I first met him three years ago when I came to Sunderland for the medical test. I knew him before from Wigan because two players from Egypt played for them - Mido and Zaki.

"When I first came he said, 'Don't be like Zaki'. He had played fantastically well but it ended with some trouble. Zaki scored a lot of goals up until January that year but then got injured against Zambia for the national team and he didn't get back to England, he just stayed for a week in Egypt.

"The manager said to me, 'You're coming from a different country and coming to the best league in the world. If you want to stay in England for a long time you have to listen to me and the people here, who have experience.' This is what I did."