Christian Eriksen says his decision to run down his contract made him a 'black sheep' at Tottenham.
The 27-year-old midfielder joined Inter Milan last month for a fee of £17million.
The Dane would have been out of contract in the summer and had been linked with a move away from north London since last summer, when he revealed he was ready for a new challenge in the wake of Spurs' Champions League final defeat.
'England, for the last few years, was very hectic,' Eriksen told BBC Sport.