England U17 World Cup winning goalkeeper Curtis Anderson admits he was wrong to leave England for the USL.

Anderson cut his Manchester City contract short to join US team Charlotte Independence, but is now a free agent.

He told the Manchester Evening News: "Right now, because I'm in the situation I'm in now I'm thinking I shouldn't have done that, it was stupid. But if for example Jim McGuinness didn't get sacked I'd probably still be there now and have played 25-30 games going into the play-offs and I'd be thinking it had been great and I'd come back in January and sign for a decent side.

"But it's not gone that way, it's gone the complete opposite.

"I've now not been paid for two months because I've not got a team. The money side of it is fine but even though I'm not standing still I'm not progressing how I want to at the minute and I'm now thinking if I'd have stayed at City until the end of the season I'd have got even more money because I'd have seen my contract out and then signed 100 per cent for a team in July and be signed to a team now.

"I don't regret it because I know I wasn't happy in the end at City so I'd have had five months of training there every day knowing nothing is happening so when I saw the opportunity to play I didn't think about the what ifs.

"I guess that's how I am as a person and I'll always be like that. I jump into everything headfirst."