I should still at Chelsea :Bertrand

The Saints full-back struggled to cement his place
in the Blues' first-team during his nine-year stay
Stamford Bridge but insists he is good enough to

play for the champions
Ryan Bertrand claims that he should be Chelsea ’s
first-choice left-back, but insists that he is
“fantastically happy” at Southampton .
The 25-year-old left Stamford Bridge to join the
Saints in 2014, initially on loan, before later makin
the move permanent in a £10 million deal earlier
this year.
Bertrand spent nine years with the Blues but mad
just 57 appearances for the club and he maintains
that he should currently be in Jose Mourinho’s
first-team, but admits his transfer to the Saints ha
given him the freedom to develop as a player.
“I know I should still be at Chelsea and I should
still be playing but it is no drama," he is quoted a
saying by the Daily Mirror .
“That’s my inner confidence. It’s nothing to do
with my capabilities that I’m not there, it’s purely
circumstance.
“Now I play at Southampton I really feel like a
footballer. When the team wins and you are playin
consistently, you feel good about it. You get a day
off and feel like you deserved a day off.
“Every time you played it felt like you were having
an audition. Playing regularly, you can be really
aggressive in what you do and try new things.
“I am playing week in week out and developing as
a footballer.”
Bertrand has also explained the rationale behind
his departure from the Blues, maintaining that he
made the move to bring some stability to both
himself and his family.
“It has been massive for me. Every summer I
would come back and ask ‘am I going, am I
staying?’ After all the loans you get to the age
where you need consistency, not only for yourself
but your family," he added.
“You’re getting dragged around the country, left
right and centre and there comes a time where it’
not, ‘Right, I’m not doing it anymore, I need a
comfort zone’ - you just need that base where yo
can develop your game and put your stamp on
games."