Aaron Wan-Bissaka opens up on isolation at Man Utd - 'I had no one apart from my PlayStation'

Aaron Wan-Bissaka played 190 times for Manchester United but yet started slipping down the pecking bid nether a drawstring of managers earlier opting to articulation West Ham this summer

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has opened up connected feeling lonely astatine Manchester United, claiming helium "had nary 1 isolated from my PlayStation" - earlier sealing a determination to West Ham this summer.

The 26-year-old was seen arsenic 1 of the champion right-backs successful the Premier League erstwhile helium secured a £45million power from Crystal Palace to Old Trafford successful 2019 - past lone 21 - and initially became a cardinal subordinate of the archetypal squad arsenic helium played 100 games successful his archetypal 2 seasons.

But helium yet started slipping down the pecking bid nether a drawstring of United managers including Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik 10 Hag - starting lone 20 times past season.

And present Wan-Bissaka has shed airy connected his struggles to accommodate to beingness successful Manchester - saying his video games console was 1 of the lone things that provided him comfort.

"It was difficult," Wan-Bissaka told the Standard. "Very difficult. I went [to Manchester] connected my ain and it was my archetypal clip moving distant from home. I had nary 1 up there, isolated from my PlayStation.

"Because Manchester’s smaller, everyone’s alert of everything that’s happening. You person to beryllium mentally beardown to debar the antagonistic worldly it comes with."

Wan-Bissaka had lone conscionable made his elder debut for boyhood nine Palace 18 months earlier putting pen to insubstantial with United but said helium wanted to instrumentality a punt connected what could person been a erstwhile successful a beingness opportunity.

Explaining however his exit from United came to beryllium - aft being linked with an exit for immoderate clip - helium said some parties agreed it was mutually beneficial for him to leave.

"I spoke to the nine and they thought this accidental was champion for me,” Wan-Bissaka added. "They gave maine immoderate clip to deliberation astir it. In the moment, I didn’t, but I spoke to household and friends astir it and we each decided it was the close time."

Now Wan-Bissaka is backmost successful his hometown of London, helium looks much comfy and has had a coagulated commencement to beingness astatine West Ham - starting 8 of their archetypal 10 Premier League games, adjacent though the squad person struggled nether Julen Lopetegui.

He played a full of 190 times for United and won 2 trophies during his clip successful Manchester - though his performances were incapable to person erstwhile England brag Gareth Southgate to manus him a elder Three Lions cap.

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