Shaun Wright-Phillips has admitted he planned to spend his whole career at Manchester City before he was caught off guard in being sold to Chelsea.
The forward was one of England's rising young stars at the time of the 2005 move that cost Jose Mourinho's newly crowned Premier League champions £21million.
Despite a series of excellent showings for City that had helped him force a way into the England side, Wright-Phillips - the son of legendary Arsenal striker Ian Wright - admitted he though his sale to Chelsea was because City no longer wanted him.
Maybe I was a little naive, but I thought I’d be at City for my whole career, he told FourFourTwo.' Then Chelsea made a bid for me and City said they were accepting it.
'I took it as, "OK, obviously you don’t want me at the club any more". On the way down to London, I cried like I was 12. I cried for an hour – I was emotionally broken. A few months later, I found out the truth behind what happened: City had no choice but to sell me, because they were possibly about to go into administration or something along those lines. Chelsea was a new chapter in my life.
'I loved it there and the supporters were tremendous with me. I had some tough times, but they always cheered for me.'
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