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Luke Shaw is the latest in a long line of Jose Mourinho conflicts

By Jocelyn Taub

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 04: Luke Shaw of Manchester United (L) shakes hands with Jose Mourinho, Manager of Manchester United (R) during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford on April 4, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 04: Luke Shaw of Manchester United (L) shakes hands with Jose Mourinho, Manager of Manchester United (R) during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford on April 4, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) /
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BANGKOK, THAILAND – JULY 17: Kevin De Bruyne of Chelsea FC running to the ball during the international friendly match between Chelsea FC and the Singha Thailand All-Star XI Rajamangala Stadium on July 17, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images)
BANGKOK, THAILAND – JULY 17: Kevin De Bruyne of Chelsea FC running to the ball during the international friendly match between Chelsea FC and the Singha Thailand All-Star XI Rajamangala Stadium on July 17, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images) /

Kevin De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne is another player that Mourinho let get away.

He is arguably one of Manchester City’s best players and is an integral part of Pep Guardiola’s side.

De Bruyne joined Chelsea from Belgian side Genk in January 2012. He was soon loaned out to Werder Bremen of the Bundesliga.

The midfielder returned to Chelsea the next season but only made nine appearances for the Blues.

Mourinho claimed that De Bruyne was not motivated and was “crying every day he wants to leave”.

He then added,

"With De Bruyne, if you have a player knocking on your door and crying every day he wants to leave, you have to make a decision. At that time, Chelsea did well. If De Bruyne stayed here, not happy and not motivated, and we’d sold him after a year, we’d have got less – 50 per cent less than we sold him for. But, if he was at Chelsea and not at Wolfsburg, he wouldn’t have reached this level. It was like a wall, a block. He was not ready to compete. He was an upset kid, training very bad."

In the end, De Bruyne was sold for £18m in January 2014 to Wolfsburg.

18 months later De Bruyne returned to the Premier League with Manchester City in a £55m deal. Since then, he has been making Chelsea fans ask themselves why Mourinho ever sold the Belgian.

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