Jose Mourinho reveals why Chelsea sold Salah and De Bruyne
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has revealed why the Blues sold Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne.
Both, Salah and De Bruyne were part of Chelsea in the past when Mourinho took over Chelsea for his second spell.
Despite leaving Chelsea, Mo Salah and Kevin De Bruyne have had brilliant careers with Liverpool and Manchester City, respectively.
Nevertheless, Mourinho has often been criticised for letting them leave Chelsea, as the fans believe they should have stayed at the club.
What Mourinho said about Salah and De Bruyne
Mourinho revealed at the Obi One Podcast why the duo left the club: “To be honest, they left because they wanted to leave. They left because they didn’t want to wait.
“History proves that their option was good because they’ve had the careers they have and reached a high standard, but sometimes kids make decisions like that because they can’t wait, or they don’t have the patience to be calm and to wait for the right moment. Sometimes their career goes in the wrong direction.
Mourinho added: “With Kevin, it was very similar. We went to pre-season in Asia. We went to Indonesia, Thailand, and Kevin was due to go on loan to a German side. I told the club ‘no, I don’t want him out on loan, I want him with me’.
“I didn’t push Salah and De Bruyne to leave”, says Mourinho
“He stayed with me, and he began the Premier League season playing in the starting XI. After that, we played the European Super Cup in Prague against Bayern and he didn’t play that game. Then, the next day, he wants to leave.
“When you are at Chelsea and you want to leave, go and another one comes. They were just kids who couldn’t wait, and their careers say they were right, but it wasn’t down to me. Probably other guys will say I pushed them out, but not them.”
De Bruyne returned to the Premier League at Man City in 2015 and is now a five-time Premier League champion and a Treble winner.
Salah has reached 200 goals at Liverpool since joining them in 2017 and has won the Premier League, Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, FA Cup, and Carabao Cup. Plus he also won the PFA Player of the Year.
