Former Bayern Munich defender Daniel van Buyten admits he regrets his spell with Manchester City.

Van Buyten believes joining City in January 2004 was the only bad choice he made in his career.

"It's probably the only bad choice I made in my career," he said during an interview with Sport/Foot in Belgium.

"It's not a regret, but I wasn't ready for England.

"I was too happy at Marseille. I had a house in Cassis with a view on the beach. For the first time, when my parents came to visit, they were on holiday. Just to see them happy, I could have stayed my entire career at Marseille.

"That's also why I turned down the chance to go to Juventus and Manchester United a year earlier."