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Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen: I was right to reject Chelsea

Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen has no regrets rejecting Chelsea as a teenager.

Eriksen rejected a whole host of clubs including Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan to join Ajax as a 16-year-old.

Speaking to Fyens, he said: "In Denmark, you are sure to play if you were good, but Ajax played you if you did not have the mentality and went 100 percent to it.

"It did not matter who you were. It was about getting better every day.

"If I had chosen Chelsea, then my situation today would be completely different. I'm sure.

"Of course you never say never, because I would have been 100 percent into it, if I had chosen it.

"I just felt that there was more chance to fail than succeed."

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