Shaun Barker departed Blackpool in 2009- a year before the club were promoted to the Premier League.
Despite seeing a number of his friends reach the top tier of English football, the retired defender says he's got no regrets.
Despite seeing a number of his friends reach the top tier of English football, the retired defender says he's got no regrets.
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00:00 I regret spending about two weeks getting that bonus for all the lads off the chairman
00:04 because that was hard work and it wasn't me to enjoy it.
00:07 But no, not at all.
00:09 It was right for me to move to Derby that year.
00:12 I spoke to the chairman, I spoke to Ian Holloway and said, I'm not desperate to go.
00:17 If you don't want to sell me, if you don't think it's right, I'm happy at Blackpool.
00:20 I still had two years left on my contract.
00:23 I wasn't interested in renegotiating and trying to use it as a way to get more money.
00:27 I'd agreed a three-year deal the year before.
00:31 I had two years left.
00:32 I was happy with what I was on and what I was doing at Blackpool.
00:34 The reality is, if I hadn't have been sold, the club wouldn't have had the money to go and buy Charlie Adam.
00:42 And if they hadn't have bought Charlie Adam, they wouldn't have got promoted.
00:45 It's just the way things work.
00:47 If I'd have stayed, I might not have played.
00:49 I might have got injured.
00:50 I might have not been seen.
00:52 There's been good enough for Ian Holloway.
00:53 You just don't know what hasn't happened.
00:56 all you can work off is the path that you've taken.