The former Chelseas player De Bruyne only made three premier league appearances in his stay at Chelsea in two years. De Bruyne who currently stars at Manchester City said that he only spoke to Jose Mourinho twice while at Chelsea.
He went to Bremen on a loan after which he moved to wolsfburg and then city.
There was so much in the press about my relationship with Jose Mourinho, De Bruyne, 27, told the Players Tribune.
But the truth is that I only ever spoke to him twice. The plan was always for me to go on loan for a bit.
Jose called me into his office in December, and it was probably the second big life-changing moment for me. He had some papers in front of him, and he said, One assist. Zero goals.
Ten recoveries, De Bruyne said.
It took me a minute to understand what he was doing. Then he started reading the stats of the other attacking forwards - Willian, Oscar, Mata, Schürrle. And its like - five goals, 10 assists, whatever.
Jose was just kind of waiting for me to say something, and finally I said, But… some of these guys have played 15, 20 games. Ive only played three. So its going to be different, no?
It was so strange. I was completely honest. I said, I feel like the club doesnt really want me here. I want to play football. Id rather you sell me.
Mourinho has always had a problem: not knowing how to manage talents.
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