Jose Mourinho reveals what really happened with the release of Mohamed Salah in Chelsea

Jose Mourinho insists that he "fell in love" with Mohamed Salah before signing him for Chelsea.

But the Portuguese insist that the burgeoning man in Liverpool has become a "lost child in London" during his entirely forgettable short stay at Stamford Bridge.

Salah joined the Blues from Basel in January 2014 after impressing Chelsea in the 2012-13 Europa League and 2013-14 Champions League.

His displays in the latter prompted Mourinho to propose an agreement for the signing of the striker, but he failed to qualify for Chelsea under the supervision of Mourinho.

He made 19 appearances under Mourinho before being loaned to Fiorentina in February 2015.

Chelsea sold it permanently to Roma in August 2016, before joining Liverpool the following year. He scored 44 times for Liverpool last season.

Now 26, he then scored 17 extra goals and Salah 's exit at Chelsea was often used as a stick to beat the former Manchester United manager.

But Mourinho insisted that it was Chelsea's hierarchy who had chosen to sell Salah, while recalling that it was he who had initially given him a chance.

"First, let's start with Salah. Because a lot of things have been said that are not true, "said Mourinho be in sports.

"First of all, people try to identify me as the coach who sold Salah. I am the coach who bought Salah. It's completely a bad idea.

"I played against Basel in the Champions League. Salah was a child in Basel. When I play against a certain team, I badyze a team and players for a long time. And I fell in love with this kid.

"I bought the kid. I pushed the club to buy it and at the time we already had some excellent offensive players – Hazard, Willian, we had the best talent there. But I told them to buy this kid. He was more of an incoming winger inside than an attacker. "

However, unable to replace one of Chelsea's attacking stars, Salah became unhappy, leading to his transfer to Florence.

"He was just a lost child in London," added Mourinho. "He was a lost child in a new world. We wanted to work it, to become better and better and better. But he had the idea of ​​wanting to play and not waiting.

"So we decided to lend it, in a culture I knew well. Italy. Tactical football. Physical football.

"A good place to play. Fiorentina is a good team to play without the pressure of playing for the title.

"And we decided to move there. When the club decided to sell it, it was not me.

"But I bought it, not selling it and my relationship with him was good.

"I think he does not regret this move because the progress has gone well, but he was just a kid who wanted to play every week and I could not give him any."