Surprises Milan star: If I didn't play soccer, I'd do drugs.

I'm done by myself somehow. As a child, I liked to take my chances. Well, I was a suicide. Football has helped me to build my self - confidence. However, I remain a discret person, reserved in private plan”.

Bennacher admitted that he did not attend Italian lessons, but his relationship with school has always been excellent: I was very smart at school. My father was 20 when he arrived in France from Morocco. In his country, he started working at the age of 12, a bricklayer in France. He worked out, even when it was too hot. Also, in the rain, when it was very cold.

He left home at 6: 00 a.m. and returned at 6: 00 p.m. As soon as he came home, he lay down because he had no power to go. He could not read and write for himself, so he has always considered school the most important thing for us children.

He told us: I work for you because I don't want you to live my life. That's what you need to learn. We are four brothers. The eldest is an engineer. A sister studies becoming a lawyer. I quit school at 16, because I had football. Another sister still attends the school”.

In 2015, Bennache landed at Arsenal at a very young age, but things did not work in England: I arrived in England in July. For the first two months, I stayed at the hotel because I did not want to go and live in a family I did not know. I was 17 years old, I couldn't live alone, so my sister stayed with me. Then Chaines joined me, with whom I had been engaged since school. She was to become my wife in England. In September, I finally saw the field. In the League Cup, against Sheffield...

I didn't play much, but I have no regrets. I've been training with important players like Ozil and Santi Casorla. It remains that it was difficult to leave my home and France”.

The midfielder talked about his childhood in Arles and how he managed to come out of a difficult reality: My birth is south of France, near Marseille. A warm place, any way. I grew up in an area of diverse ethnicities, cultures, and religions. It is difficult, there are many young people who do not learn and do not succeed. If I hadn't had football, I would've ended up selling drugs.

I was 14 years old when my friends told me: Come on, let's go to the bar, date the women... Not me, never. I've never been interested in such things. I locked myself in my home to make muscle muscles, completed my training, and laid off”.

After Arsenal, Benacher had the courage to step back, the té·ria starts again from Empoli: I still had a four-year contract with the British, but I went to where they really wanted me. I didn't know Empoli, but I agreed to get out of the Italian Serie B because this was the club that loved me the most. The same way I did with Milan, who I chose for his history, but also because his project was the best for me”.

A practicing Muslim, he sees in religion one of the most important things in his life: For me, religion is everything. If I didn't do soccer tomorrow, I'd be God's man. So, I'm not afraid of anything and no one's”.

Finally, Bennacher discovered what Milan needs: “We are a new team, working and growing. We must be united, even more compact. We have to die for each other. ”