John Terry explains why Salah and De Bruyne failed to make the cut at Chelsea

Chelsea fans have kicked mselves in recent years, thanks to form of Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah. Blues have seen a number of incomings and outgoings in transfer window in recent years, however, Blues fans were left ruing missed opportunities seeing De Bruyne and Salah prosper for Man City and Liverpool respectively. Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah both featured for Blues during Jose Mourinho's second spell in charge and were let go by Portuguese after y failed to impress n-Chelsea manr. 

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John Terry explains Salah, De Bruyne's Chelsea departures

Between two of m, Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah made a combined 16 Premier League appearances for Chelsea during ir time at Stamford Bridge. Former Chelsea captain John Terry has w defended Jose Mourinho's treatment of duo, albeit in a bizarre fashion. John Terry said that Salah and De Bruyne just couldn't match up to Jose Mourinho's standards during ir time at Chelsea. However, Terry n continued by comparing Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah to Damien Duff and Arjen Robben, who featured for Chelsea during Mourinho's first spell in charge.

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John Terry claimed that Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah flopped at Chelsea owing to fact that y were 10 or 20 per cent below standards set by Damien Duff and Arjen Robben. Kevin De Bruyne moved to Germany and n returned to England when Manchester City snapped up Belgian in 2015. Mohamed Salah, meanwhile, moved to Serie A with AS Roma, before moving to Liverpool in 2017. Since n, De Bruyne and Salah have set Premier League alight. Kevin De Bruyne has been creator-in-chief in Manchester City's midfield, whereas Mohamed Salah has been in prolific goalscoring form ever since moving to red half of Merseyside.

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Jose Mourinho's Tottenham turn

Jose Mourinho has also moved on since overseeing transfers of Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah. Portuguese has w embarked on his fourth spell in England, having taken over manrial reins at Tottenham earlier this week. Jose Mourinho's Tottenham reign will kick off at London Stadium this weekend when 14th-placed Tottenham Hotspur visit 16th-placed West Ham United. During his first press conference as manr of Tottenham, Mourinho was asked about his comments in 2015 when he stated that he would never take Tottenham job because of his love for Chelsea supporters. new Tottenham manr cheekily replied by saying that those sentiments held true for him right up till time he was sacked from Chelsea.

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