Joe Hart admits that a move to Torino was his only option after being frozen out by Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
Hart had enjoyed half a decade as first choice goalkeeper under both Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini, but didn't meet the criteriafor a goalkeeper that Guardiola wanted.
Initially replaced by Willy Caballero for the first three games of the season, the club then acquired Claudio Bravo from Barcelona whose ability to play the sweeper role instantly made him City's number one.
Speaking openly with theMirror,Hart admits his focus is on Torino and England, but remains pessimisticabout a future at the Etihad.
He said:I'm at Torino for this season “ and it's hard to look past that and playing for England.I'd imagine upstairs that they talk a lot, but my focus is playing for Torino and where Torino finish this season.
Football is a game of Âopinions and some people have a great opinion of me and some people probably think I'm absolutely useless. Unfortunately for me, one of the guys' Âopinions in charge of my club wasn't as strong as it needed to be.It was what it was.
"I had a situation at City where my playing time was going to be limited, so I had to look Âelsewhere.I felt like Torino was the best option.
"I'm not going to lie. I wasn't sat there with 25 options. Torino was a really good option for me and it definitely excited me to go to play in Serie A.
"I'm at Torino with huge Âcommitment to the club, a huge commitment to the season, the culture, the football and I'm going to give it my all.I have no regrets."