Growing up in Osaka, Keisuke Honda dreamed of signing with AC Milan and wearing the No. 10 for the Rossoneri, a dream the Japan international has managed to realize.

But two years after arriving at the San Siro to huge fanfare and massive expectations, Honda concedes his time in Milan has been anything but dreamy.

“I admit, the picture I had in my mind isn’t quite like how things have turned out for me,” Honda said in a recent interview with Kyodo News at the plush Bulgari Hotel in Milan, Italy.