Swansea City defender Kyle Bartley has no regrets leaving Arsenal.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger wanted promising defender Bartley to stay with the Gunners, but the ex-­Rangers starlet opted to move on in a bid to gain regular first-team football.

Bartley said: "I've no ­regrets over leaving ­Arsenal because I believe ­everything happens for a reason.

"I still had a couple of years left on my contract and if I wanted to stay the option was there for me. But I wanted ­to go ­somewhere where I was more capable of playing games.

"My thigh injury hampered that earlier this season, but I want to kick on from here.

"I don't think I've anything to prove to Arsene.

"He knows what I'm capable of and the type of player I am. ­Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time."