Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini has explained leaving AC Milan in the summer.

Flamini admits Milan tabled him a new contract offer.

He told the London Evening Standard: "Milan offered me a two-year contract extension. I didn't agree on it because I wanted a minimum of three years. I am 29 years old, I have three good years in front of me.

"So I came here. It was an important decision for me to decide where I wanted to go. It could have been Italy, Germany or England but I came to Arsenal to work with the fitness coach Tony Colbert. I did that for about a month and day after day I felt better and better and it happened. I am happy I came back. I am happy it is going well and I feel good in the team.

"The manager played a big role in my decision because he was the one who took me here when I was in France. He was the one who introduced me to the top level, to the Premier League and the Champions League so, of course, to have the possibility to work again with him, it was important. And also it is important to still have him at the club because the players are behind him, everyone believes in his vision of the game and in the game against Stoke, it proved he was right."