Burnley goalkeeper Joe Hart admits Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola never rated him.
Hart left City last summer for Turf Moor.
He said: "It will sound pathetic but it's the truth, it's not playing and not being wanted.
"Things happened with the new manager at Manchester City, probably the most important manager in the world.
"He didn't even necessarily not like me, he just had a certain aspect which he didn't feel I was up to, and it kind of dropped from there."
Hart admits his current struggles to break into the first team at Turf Moor is also tough, but says he is treating it as a "challenge".
"It's certainly the lowest point of my footballing career but it's not a dark cloud," he said.