West Ham midfielder Declan Rice reckons Chelsea now regret dumping him as a 14 year-old.
The South Londoner was a junior at Chelsea alongside Mason Mount, but was stunned to be let go as a 14 year old.
He told Four Four Two: They called my dad and told him.
I'd thought I was a certainty to get another contract. When my dad told me, I was distraught. I'd grown up as a Chelsea fan that's what I'd known my whole life.
At the time when I got released by Chelsea, I thought they'd made a mistake, so I knew I had a point to prove.
Now they're probably looking back on it the person who made the decision and thinking, 'Maybe we've messed up here'.
But that doesn't matter now. I'm working hard, I'm at West Ham, and I'm here to get better.
My family haven't been to a Chelsea game in about three years we're just West Ham now, home and away. It's special here."
