Kevin de Bruyne

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7 minutes ago, The Mak said:

He reminds me on a weekly basis how much of an idiot Mourinho is.

How can you have a kid like this training in front of you on a daily basis and just say 'nah, Oscar is better'? I mean, how is it possible? How much of a stubborn bastard do you have to be?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11786189/Chelsea-manager-Jose-Mourinho-says-he-needs-just-10-minutes-to-assess-a-player-has-the-stomach-for-the-fight.html

Remember this?

[Essien19 1,415]

Part of me is a bit relieved that all this happened under Mourinho. Because for many years no one can do better. The big shadow of Mourinho at the club was a bad thing for everyone. 

But after his second spell everything fell apart and now the club no longer has that shadow lingering around.

Now it's more like as long as you don't do bad as Mourinho last season then you should be okay. 

With Mourinho we went from the sublime to the ridiculous. One extreme to another. 

Won 3 leagues, let's find a guy who can do better, not easy, isn't it?

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[Fernando 6,441]

1 hour ago, Essien19 said:

 

 

Won 3 leagues, let's find a guy who can do better, not easy, isn't it?

 

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Yeah won as in the past. And in the past capello, Benitez and such was good. 

But now they are past it. 

[Fernando 6,441]

Kevin De Bruyne's form an embarrassment for Jose Mourinho and Chelsea, says Sunday Supplement panel

 

Kevin De Bruyne's superb form for Manchester City is an "embarrassment and a nightmare" for both Jose Mourinho and Chelsea, according to the Sunday Supplement panel.

Chelsea, under Mourinho, sold the Belgium international for £18m to Wolfsburg in January 2014 with De Bruyne having made only eight appearances for the Blues.

But after being named German Footballer of the Year in his first full season at the Volkswagen Arena, City brought him back to the Premier League for a club record fee of £54.5m in the summer of 2015.

 

Last season, De Bruyne scored 16 goals in all competitions for City in a campaign blighted by injury but it's his form under new boss Pep Guardiola,who said the Belgian is on a level behind only Lionel Messi after he starred in Saturday's 4-0 win over Bournemouth, that has taken all the headlines so far this term.

And the Daily Telegraph's Matt Law thinks De Bruyne's Chelsea departure shows some of the flaws in Mourinho's management style.

"It's a nightmare for Chelsea," Law told the Sunday Supplement. "He made eight appearances for Chelsea, not starts just appearances.

"It's an embarrassing situation for Chelsea but I think it does lay at Mourinho's door. It shows his flaw with young players and managing situations in that he couldn't manage the situation to a point where he could show De Bruyne that there could be a place for him in that team.

"Mourinho claims that he told the board he wanted to keep him and did not want to sell him, but the lad himself had decided he needed to play and that he wanted to go. He made it clear there was no stopping him.

"He [Mourinho] questioned his mentality once he'd gone and said he didn't want to fight for a place, he just wanted to be given a place and that's been made a mockery of since.

"When he did play in his few appearances for Chelsea he was stuck out on the wing. He was a young kid and his physique wasn't quite what it is now, but since it has been shown he's far better centrally.

Law added: "If you think as well, Mourinho was hailed at the time for that bit of business by some of us because he got rid of De Bruyne and with that money he brought in Nemanja Matic and the next season they won the league. That was seen as a key deal that one player out to get Matic in but long term it's an absolute disaster.

"It must be awful for them watching what he's doing now and I just can't ever seeing Mourinho trusting to play a player like De Bruyne in the centre. He would now that he's proven but I don't think he would ever have trusted him as a kid to play in the centre in the role he really wanted to."

De Bruyne has started the season in sparkling form, helping City, who sit top of the Premier League table, to five wins from their opening five games under Guardiola.

The 25-year-old has scored two league goals and grabbed three assists playing in a central role under Guardiola and Law thinks the Spaniard has had a plan for De Bruyne for a while.

"I'm pretty certain Guardiola had an input into his signing even though it was some time before the Spaniard officially came in," Law said.

"I know people at City aren't going to be delighted with me saying that or people at Bayern Munich but I'm convinced that Guardiola had a say.

"Looking at the way he's used him and the way he's hailed him, it looks like he's had a plan for him for a while."

The Times' Oliver Kay also called the De Bruyne situation uncomfortable for both Chelsea and Mourinho, while the Daily Star's Jeremy Cross signalled former City boss Manuel Pellegrini out for praise after he signed the player from Wolfsburg.

"It is embarrassing," Kay said. "It's embarrassing for Mourinho, it's embarrassing for Chelsea. I suppose if he was at any other club Chelsea could think of buying him back for three times more than they sold him for and do their usual buy-back policy. It's an uncomfortable situation for the club."

And Cross told the Supplement: "Full credit to Pellegrini for signing him. They spent a lot of money on him but he saw in the player what Mourinho missed."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/10583414/kevin-de-bruynes-form-an-embarrassment-for-jose-mourinho-and-chelsea-says-sunday-supplement-panel

 

Like some people have said, had Mourinho gotten Messi when he was young he would have never made it with him....

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Pep says only messi is better than him, and its hard not to agree.

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His vision is sublime, he was a joy to watch yesterday.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/15/kevin-de-bruyne-i-left-chelsea-because-jose-mourinho-was-not-fai/

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I don't think it would've hurt so bad if we are top of the table with a world class team worthy to be compared with Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern. But at the moment, the reality is that our team is filled with some average players and we are in a tough phase of rebuilding. If we end up being at the top again in the near future then this wouldn't sting much. It also became more of a mockery for Chelsea because Oscar turned out to be amazingly average. 

KDB will always be the one that got away. Selling Mata was right, I miss him and would take him back for cheap but at that time it was the right decision. Lukaku? Seriously, who cares? But KDB will always be the one that haunts me (for now). What's done is done, sadly.

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5 hours ago, Beepu said:

I don't think it would've hurt so bad if we are top of the table with a world class team worthy to be compared with Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern. But at the moment, the reality is that our team is filled with some average players and we are in a tough phase of rebuilding. If we end up being at the top again in the near future then this wouldn't sting much. It also became more of a mockery for Chelsea because Oscar turned out to be amazingly average. 

KDB will always be the one that got away. Selling Mata was right, I miss him and would take him back for cheap but at that time it was the right decision. Lukaku? Seriously, who cares? But KDB will always be the one that haunts me (for now). What's done is done, sadly.

I don't see how we are 'rebuilding' as most of the players from our title winning season are still here..

We haven't sold any ageing or under performing players from the abomination of last season (letting go of Ivanovic, Matic would have been a sensible decision)

The only new face in the team is Kante...and we're just as unconvincing as last season (apart from the Burnley game)

 

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On 18/09/2016 at 9:55 PM, Essien19 said:

Won 3 leagues, let's find a guy who can do better, not easy, isn't it?

 

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Jose used  to be a great manager just like Van Gaal was, modern football has surpassed these dinosaurs. 

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On 19/09/2016 at 3:08 AM, DaddysHobby said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/15/kevin-de-bruyne-i-left-chelsea-because-jose-mourinho-was-not-fai/

So he was even training well. Bloody hell. Jose messed up big time. 

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59 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

So he was even training well. Bloody hell. Jose messed up big time. 

Yeah pretty much, it was all because of Mourinho we lost him. 

But I guess that bury it and we can move on. It was the thing that had to happen to open our eyes about the truth about him. That he is past it and no longer worth keeping at the club. 

And thus Emanolo and company did good by singling out the individual and sacking him. 

Now he at United and it seems like the whole world is starting to find out what we realize last season....well with the exception of his German apologist. 

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Now he at United and it seems like the whole world is starting to find out what we realize last season....well with the exception of his German apologist. [emoji3]

Mourinho hasn't lost it, has he? World is finding out quickly. [emoji2]

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He's really on course to be one of the most technically brilliant midfielders we've seen in our lifetimes 

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Well, he kinda helped kill Barca 👍

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He really bossed Barca today indeed. For the few haters left, I guess Barcelona is a small team too.

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Conte says it’s ‘a pity’ Man City star is not at Chelsea

http://www.westlondonsport.com/chelsea/conte-says-pity-man-city-star-not-chelsea