Overview
- Multiple Italian outlets reported on Wednesday that Stephan El Shaarawy has agreed to join Genoa and is finishing medical tests ahead of signing a one‑year contract with an option to extend.
- The 33‑year‑old forward will wear number 92 and reunite with Daniele De Rossi, who was his former Roma teammate and is now at the club in a coaching role.
- El Shaarawy returns to the club where he made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2008 under Gian Piero Gasperini, closing a 16‑year gap since leaving Genoa as a teenager.
- Reports say the player declined lucrative offers from Saudi clubs to prioritise a move back to his native Liguria and to rejoin a familiar dressing room.
- Genoa can register the signing despite the closed transfer window because El Shaarawy is a free agent, though his immediate playing role will depend on formal registration and match fitness.