"In the moment, it is very disappointing," James Garner told The Times while discussing his exit from Manchester United.
"That was the club that I trained with five times a week for years and years and years, that I made my debut with.
"But I didn’t want to stagnate. I didn’t want to stay there really and when they said I could leave also, I was in agreement with that. I just think it all made sense. I had two good seasons on loan and returned to United in the summer.
"I know in myself I wouldn’t have played if I had stayed. I knew it was the perfect time now, at 21, to move on and try and stake my claim somewhere else and hopefully find a home, which I have now in Everton."
Garner, 21, left United to join the Toffees permanently over the summer. The young midfielder has appeared six times off the bench for his new club this season.