Former Ghana U-17 captain Eric Ayiah has disclosed why he rejected bids from AC Milan and Porto to join French outfit AS Monaco.
Ayiah joined the former Ligue 1 champions from Ghanaian side Charity Stars on a five-year contract in 2017.
He played a key role in leading Ghana to the Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Gabon and the FIFA U17 World Cup in India.
The 21-year-old scored four goals for Ghana to finish second top scorer at the AFCON U17 tournament.
"If I recall, I had offers from Porto, AC Milan as well as Anderlecht. I was ready to play in Europe but I didn’t have any preference for a particular team back then," Ayiah said, as reported by Sportsworldghana.
"It wasn’t my choice [to sign for Monaco], but I liked it. While on holiday in Portugal after the World Cup, my representatives and I met [renowned player representative] Jorge Mendes because Charity Stars had links with him.
He added, "Mendes decided to sign me after watching some of my videos from the tournament. He praised my talent and decided to help me.
"He had initially wanted me to join Wolves in England, but he held talks with the Monaco president and things moved on from there."