"I think the easy option would've been to stick around and sit down," Tammy Abraham told Sky Sports when asked why he decided to leave his boyhood club.
"Chelsea's a massive club, they will compete and try to win trophies so the easy option would've been to do that.
"I realised that I needed to go out and prove myself, I needed to play some games. I took a decision and it was the right one.
"I think at first it's quite tough to deal with. You've gone from playing regularly to not being in the mix and not even making the bench sometimes. I got to a point where I had to sit down and talk to myself. I was going out to train and I was doing it for me.
"I was going to train to better myself because it's easy to throw a strop, to be angry around the place, to be a bad egg.
"For me, it was the opposite. I learned about myself and I think that strengthened my mindset. I was with the team whenever they needed me.
"Players like Mason (Mount), Reece James, Callum Hudson-Odoi - the players that are younger than me, I kind of had to lift them and be their support, help them and encourage them.
"At the end of the day, we won trophies as a team so I have to thank them for that."
Tammy joined Roma in a £34m deal as he made the tough decision to leave the club he had grown up supporting.
He made only 7 appearances under Thomas Tuchel and was left out of the Champions League final matchday squad - clearly, the decision to move on was the right one.
The striker is enjoying life in Serie A as he has been playing very well under Jose Mourinho - he was recently called up to the England squad due to his top performances.
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