Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi admits he would play futsal when he was out of the team - including when injured.

The Belgium international is currently on-loan at Borussia Dortmund.

Batshuayi told Onze Mundial: "How did I manage the period when I played little? In the club, you have no chance, but me, it was futsal. If I did not play futsal, I was dead!

"It's impossible (when injured) because after you have back pain, you do not know how to run, you do not even know how to control the ball ... Even the other players said to me, 'Oh, you're good, how do you do it? To be so good'.

"And I did not say anything. There, I just told you, I had never told anyone. When I come back to Belgium, I kill myself at futsal for 1 hour or 2 hours. It's mandatory for me. It allows me to feel better, to free myself, to feel the sensation of the ball, the feeling of finding the path of the nets and especially the notion of pleasure with my friends.

"But this is futsal with real players, very very strong. I think I'll do this all my life during my rest days. Because I really need it."