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The Liverpool superstar has done great things since leaving Stamford Bridge, but Mourinho does not think he has made a mistake in letting him go.
Jose Mourinho rejected accusations that he mismanaged the talents of a young Mohamed Salah in Chelsea, claiming he was one of the most fervent admirers of the Liverpool star.
Salah was signed by Mourinho's Chelsea, from Basel, at the age of 21, after impressing in his youth at the Swiss club.
His time at Stamford Bridge however did not meet expectations, as he had only fleeting first-team opportunities with the manager before leaving the club for Rome just over 18 months later, in the summer 2015.
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Since then, Salah has imposed himself as one of the best attackers in the world. He led Liverpool to the Champions League final in 2017-18 and earned sixth place in the Ball of the Golden Ball, eventually won by Luka Modric.
But Mourinho thinks it 's unfair to accuse him of wasting the talents of the Egyptian.
"First of all, let's start with Salah because we said a lot of things that are not true," he said. Be in sports.
"For starters, people are trying to identify me as the coach who sold Salah.I'm the coach who bought Salah.It's completely a bad idea.
"I played against Basel in the Champions League." Salah was a kid from Basel, "When I play against a certain team, I badyze the team and the players for quite a long time.
"And I fell in love with this kid, I bought it.
"I pushed the club to buy it and at the time we already had some excellent offensive players – Hazard, Willian, we had the most talented talent." But I told them to buy this kid.It was more of a winger who was coming back than an attacker. "
According to the former boss of Manchester United, Blues and Real Madrid, Salah's difficulties in adapting to his new home, as well as some impatience, have ended up damaging his career in Chelsea.
"He was just a lost child in London, he was a lost child in a new world," Mourinho added.
"We wanted to work with him, to get better and better, but he was more interested in playing and not waiting.
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"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 do it there.
"When the club decided to sell it, it was not me, I bought it, I did not sell it."
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