West Ham midfielder Edson Alvarez has recalled missing a move to Chelsea.

Edson left Ajax for West Ham last summer and he says he's happy with how things worked out.

"Actually, in year three [at Ajax], I had to go to Chelsea, the plane was waiting for me at the airport. When Ajax told me you know what: 'you're not going'," he told Burro Van Rankin's podcast for Caliente TV.

"Whether people believe it or not, it doesn't make any difference to me, I'm the one who is here and the one who is living it.

"I was an hour away from getting on the plane and going to sign for Chelsea and Ajax told me: 'you're not going'. So, you're not leaving, what do you do? There's no way you're leaving."