Morgan Schneiderlin reckons he left Manchester United to join Everton too soon.
France international Schneiderlin joined the Red Devils in 2015 when he was signed for £25million from Southampton by Louis van Gaal - following a long pursuit.
But he only spent a season and a half at Old Trafford, making just three Premier League appearances in his second campaign, before he was reunited with former Saints boss Ronald Koeman at the Toffees.
During his spell at United he played 47 times, scoring once, and picked up an FA Cup winner's medal.
But Schneiderlin, who has stayed at Goodison Park since, wishes he had stayed at United rather than leaving as soon as he had lost his place in the starting XI.
"I wanted to do more and I had the capacity to do more," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Maybe I jumped out of the boat too quickly when I didn't play for three months. When I look at other players having a great career at Manchester United , they all had a spell of four or five months when they didn't play."
Schneiderlin has been regularly criticised for his negative style of play.
But he has made an impassioned defence of his job, while comparing himself to Barcelona star Sergio Busquets.
"That's the perception of people and what they say but I would love to watch a game with them," he said.
"If you are in midfield, you are 1-0 down and your team has run after the ball for a minute and I try a long pass and miss it, people might clap because it is an attacking move, but my team-mates might have to for another two minutes to get the ball back.
"If we are winning 1-0 and I make a short pass that allows the team to breathe, people think it is clever.
"Some people say I pass square but I don't see it. Look at [Sergio] Busquets at Barcelona. I don't compare myself to him but tell me the passes he does that I don't? Because they win games everyone says he's the cleverest midfielder in football. I don't compare myself to Busquets.
"Football is about perception. You can play the same game but it will be analysed differently depending on whether you have won or lost."
