Liverpool striker Danny Sturridge admits Chelsea tried to convert him to a winger.
Sturridge quit Chelsea in January 2013 and hasn't looked back.
"At first, it was a matter of learning from the likes of Didier, and I thought I would get my opportunity sooner, but they didn't believe in me as a centre-forward," he said.
"They always said, 'You're not a centre-forward, you're a winger' - that's how they saw me, but that hurt me because I've played down the middle all my life.
"The pitch has always been where I've been able to express myself the most, where I feel happiest, and I was deprived of that opportunity at Chelsea. There were times when I was sat at home, very upset, and I fell out of love with the game.
"In every job, you want to be able to do what you love, and it's the hardest thing to accept when someone takes it away from you.
"I was scared, I wasn't sure about the future and I'm thankful to God that I had my family behind me. In the end, I was so happy that I was able to go on loan to Bolton and prove to myself, 'I can still do this.'
"It's difficult when you are not playing for so long. Young players do get wrapped up when they are at a big club and they are not playing, so it's been a whirlwind 15 months since I joined Liverpool."
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