AC Milan midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko says he appreciates the battle had last season at parent club Chelsea.

The France international feels he's better for the experience.

He told Bros. Stories: "Everything was going right (at Chelsea) up to a particular moment. It was not a simple thing to live and it was probably my first hard time in my career: to be in a club that does not want you for the following season.

"It is not simple but I think it is necessary to live moments like these. It helped me a lot to overcome what I'm experiencing now. Now I'm ready to face more difficult moments, I think I'm better prepared."

He added: "I left Chelsea because I felt that the club did not want me anymore. Of course I was sorry. It was only a year, it did not go as I expected. It was a simple and difficult decision at the same time to be taken because Chelsea are Chelsea and I do not think I have shown my skills, so it is unpleasant."