Nice midfielder Morgan Schneiderlein admits he regrets joining Everton from Manchester United.

The France international signed for the Blues in January 2017 for £24m after becoming sidelined at Old Trafford under Jose Mourinho.

"I learned a lot from my departure from Manchester United. I had played 40 matches the previous season with Manchester," he told L'Equipe.

“When I come back from the Euros, I take 10 days off and I play very little for three, four months.

“Then, I have Ronald Koeman and Everton who are pushing hard to get me, every day, from October."

Schneiderlin continued: “I will remember it all my life: I should have played against Liverpool (in October 2016,) starter, and the coach comes to see me.

“He tells me he doesn't feel me inside the group. I tell him that indeed, with what has happened in the last three months, I am not in it and I want to go to Everton.

“I regretted it very quickly."

Schneiderlin has even suggested that his career could have followed a different path if he had stayed and fought for his place at United, instead of rushing to sign for Everton.

He said: “Even if it went very well at Everton, when you play for Manchester United, when you're at a club like that, it's not for a moment of doubt that you have to question everything.

“Look at Ander Herrera: the first year I arrived, he was on the bench; he persevered, and today he is at PSG."