Victor Moses: My dark days are over

Arguably Chelsea's most improved player Victor Moses is enjoying a new lease of life at the Bridge. Moses, who was signed from Wigan had an unsuccessful first season at Chelsea and was subsequently sent on loan to Liverpool, Stoke ad West Ham before returning this season under Antonio Conte and since then he hasn't looked back.

The Nigerian narrates his frustrating time away from the club: "It's frustrating when you know your manager wants to use other players ahead of you and you've got to go on loan to different clubs," he tells Sky Sports in-between striking drills. "You get injured and all of a sudden you're not getting back in the team. You can't settle well. You've got to move your kids to a new school every season… Stuff like that is always going to play in your head."

"I've never doubted the ability that I've got," he says. "Chelsea is one of the best clubs in the world and I've always believed I have the ability to get into the team. I've proved that this season. I just kept working hard and kept believing in myself. I've moved on from the difficult times now. This is a season I am never going to forget."

The converted right wing-back has current Chelsea coach Antonio Conte to thank for his new status as one of the most important members of Chelsea first eleven: "For a manager to come up to you and speak to you in that way, it meant a lot," he says. "I really appreciated it."

"We've got a manager now who gives everyone the opportunity to express themselves," he says. "I felt that from the start, right from the first day of training. He was talking to all the players. There was no favouritism. Everyone was the same to him. As long as you went out and proved yourself, he would give you the opportunity. I was very pleased to see that. It gave me confidence."

"The first time he put me there was the day after we lost to Arsenal," he says with a smile. "We all knew the formation he liked to play when he was Italy manager, but I had never actually thought about playing wing-back. After the session he went through it all with me, how to play the position and everything. I took it in and didn't look back."