Southampton fullback Ryan Bertrand admits he never felt like a genuine Chelsea player.

Bertrand won the Champions League with Chelsea.

But he told the Daily Mail: "I left for myself.

"I wanted to feel like a footballer. I didn't necessarily feel like a footballer at Chelsea. It was emotional in terms of Chelsea being the club I had been at since I was young and taken part in one of their most historic moments. There was the emotional attachment but from a football perspective it was a no-brainer. When I was there, whenever I did get the chance to play I never felt the full support to relax and enjoy my football.

"The times I did play it was like an audition. And that is never healthy.

"As a young player coming through you want the club to be stable enough to say, 'We trust in you, go out there and play'.

"You don't want to make a young player feel on edge. I wanted that consistency — and for people to judge you they need to see you consistently."