Former Inter youngster Alfred Duncan has spoken on how the problems he had breaking into the Inter first team actually helped him out in the long run.

“I have never felt hurt because it became a motivation for me because sometimes you don’t get the chance to do what you desire because with football, it’s all about choices,” Duncan, who is now with Serie A side Sassuolo, said in an interview with Joy Sports.

“Every coach and every club have their own choices and they try to build a team in a different way. Most of the teams wouldn’t like to play with the younger players they have developed from the youth side. They prefer going out to buy complete players who already have experience.

“I had this misfortune as I was at a team in Inter who had all the resources to buy any player they desired so they could not wait for me to develop so they had to put me out on loan.”

He proceeded to speak on his loan spell at Livorno, where he made 51 competitive appearances in two seasons.

”I stayed with Inter, six months in the first team, and then I got loaned to Livorno in Serie B. I went there with anger because after playing in the youth side, I felt I got to a point in my career where I had something to give but I wasn’t given the chance to do so. I was able to demonstrate to everyone that I was ready and that I could do something.”