Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed who sent Mohamed Salah on loan from Chelsea and eventually move in on permanently.
The Egypt star has been a very dangerous player in the Premier League since his return from Italy, scoring 43 goals for Liverpool in all competitions, including 10 in the Champions League alone this season.
The diminutive forward has been one of the biggest stars in the Premier League and Europe this campaign, influencing almost every game Liverpool play. His style is not much changed, but his confidence and calmness in front of goal, have risen dramatically.
But, it is his time at Chelsea that draws the biggest controversies around Salah. He has been one of the biggest hits in Liverpool but failed miserably at Stamford Bridge. The manager in charge at the time was Mourinho and has been blamed for selling Salah too early, after early signs he may not be Premier League standard, but the Portuguese denies these allegations, insisting it was Chelsea decision to sell the PFA Player of the Year.
“It is the first time that I am going to say this, but it is another injustice that has been talked about me. People say that I was the one that sold Salah and it is the opposite. I bought Salah. I was the one that told Chelsea to buy Salah. It was with me in charge that Salah came to Chelsea.
But he came as a young kid, physically he was not ready, mentally he was not ready, socially and culturally he was lost and everything was tough for him. We decided to put him on loan and he asked for that as well. He wanted to play more minutes, to mature, he wanted to go and we sent him on loan to Fiorentina, and at Fiorentina he started to mature.
Chelsea decided to sell him, OK? And when they say that I was the one that sold him it is a lie. I bought him. I agreed to send him on loan, I thought it was necessary, I thought that Chelsea had wingers.”
Jose Mourinho, Daily Express
