Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen admits he had more chance of failing than succeeding if he joined Chelsea as a teenager.
Eriksen's representative, Martin Schoots, revealed in the summer that the Danish international rejected some of the big clubs in world football, including Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan before he moved to Ajax as a 16-year-old.
The 24-year-old enjoyed three seasons at the Dutch giants before moving to Tottenham for £11.5m in 2013.
Eriksen insists his career path would have been very different if he had joined Stamford Bridge when he was younger.