Morgan Schneiderlin has opened up on his departure from Manchester United to Everton and has admitted that he 'regretted it very quickly.'
United signed Schneiderlin for £31.5million in the summer of 2015 to solve their defensive-midfield problem after the Frenchman had shone for three seasons in the Premier League at Southampton.
While he was never able to reach the form he had for the Saints at Old Trafford, he remained a regular in the side but after just 18-months forced through a move to Everton after losing his spot in Jose Mourinho's team towards the end of 2016.
However, Schneiderlin has revealed he very quickly regretted the move - with things not fairing much better on Merseyside - and that experience informed his decision to stay and fight for his place at Nice last summer when the French club were looking to move him on.
"I learned a lot from my departure from Manchester United," the now 32-year-old old L’Equipe.
"I had played 40 matches the previous season with Manchester. When I come back from the Euros, I take ten 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. I will remember it all my life: I should have played against Liverpool (October 17, 2016), starter, and the coach (Mourinho) 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. Even if it went very well at Everton (Jan. 2017-2020), 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.”
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