Hume was the subject of intense speculation about his club future this summer after impressing for Championship side Sunderland since his move to the Black Cats from Linfield in 2022.
Despite rumours of a move away, Hume said that he was calm about the situation.
“I try and not worry about it [rumours], I let my agent deal with that and I worry about my football,” he commented.
“I’m really enjoying my football at Sunderland and I’ve said that since I’ve been there, so I was just focusing on that.”
Although a move did not materialise this summer, Hume does still harbour ambitions of playing in the Premier League in the future.
“That’s a dream [to play in the Premier League] whether that is with Sunderland, which I hope it is, or if someone comes in and buys me. Hopefully it will happen one day but I’m not in any rush.”
Hume is excited for the start of the Nations League and a long-awaited return to Windsor Park on Thursday as Northern Ireland host Luxembourg in their first home game since November.
O’Neill’s side have won just one of their 16 games in the competition, but Hume hopes recent positive results can help them start the campaign off with a win.
“We’re going to try to win every game. I think we showed that against Scotland and Romania especially, they were two friendlies, but we went there to win.
“Even against Spain, they are one of the best sides in Europe as they’ve shown but we did try our best to get a result and we’re here to win games.”