Frozen out in preseason after being encouraged to find himself a new club, Disasi was only cleared by Blues management to play for the U21s in December before landing a move to West Ham last month.
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"It has been really nice, my situation before was a little bit crazy," he said on the Iron Cast podcast.
"For me it is only a positive to be here, it feels great to be part of something.
"In Chelsea the time was a little bit crazy but my background helped me to get through.
"I stayed sharp, I was working hard and always made sure that my head stayed in the right way.
"My family helped me a lot going through this. During this period I saw that my background helped me a lot."