Gini Wijnaldum insists he was never unhappy at PSG.

The former Liverpool midfielder was linked with a return to England in January as Arsenal and Newcastle enquired about a transfer.

But Wijnaldum claims he never expressed a desire to leave the Ligue 1 giants.

"The fact is, when I had this interview, I was just a little disappointed with the way things were going on the field at the start of the season on a personal level," he told PSG's magazine.

"In this period, many thought that I was not happy at the club when I was. I was just not happy with the playing time that I had at that time.

"A journalist asked me: 'Are you satisfied with your playing time?' Well, no, I wasn't. I think any player who spends more time sitting on a bench than on the pitch won't be fulfilled by that.

"So, yeah, that's how I answered this question, but the media interpreted my words by saying that I was not happy at PSG."