Rabbi Matondo remains confident he was right to quit Manchester City for Schalke last season.

Matondo joined the Bundesliga side last January for around £8m having not made a senior appearance at City. The Wales international, 19, has had a mixed start to life in Germany, scoring once in 20 appearances before the season was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"At Manchester City, I was doing well and getting a lot of attention from other clubs, telling me they wanted me in the first team. I wasn't really in and around the first team at City so much. I wasn't getting a sniff of being on the bench," he told the Daily Mail.

"Manchester City is a top club and I've lots of respect for them. At the time I was thinking about my own development and thought a move abroad might be the one for me.

"There was a lot of talk at the time about how not many young players were breaking through in the Premier League and I was thinking it might be right to move abroad and get some good experience. Maybe some life lesson as well.

"Not a lot of people can say they moved abroad to work at 18 and lived alone. I thought it would be good for me. I thought I was mature and it's been the right thing for me."