John Terry and John Obi Mikel discuss Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne as youngsters when they played together at Chelsea. Terry and Mikel claim they had no idea De Bruyne and Salah would become the players they were today based on their impressions at Chelsea. #shorts #football #soccer #premierleague #chelsea

Credit to @ObiOnePodcast for the podcast.

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  1. It was Mourinho.

    Mourinho could never handle skillful players….Salah, DeBruyne, Joe Cole, Mata. He bought Robben but couldn't keep hold of him.

    Great manager.

    No, sorry.

    All time great manager!

    He liked to keep players in their boxes, though, and not express themselves.

    He wasn't a manager to develop players or nurture young talent.

    But the ends justify the means. He won trophies!

    KDB, for me, has been the best midfielder in the world for a while now (when fit). Bellingham is hot on his heels, though, and probably the best right now (with KDB injured).

    Salah up there as one of the best forwards in the world. Mbappe is probably the best though (I consider him a forward rather than an out and out striker).

  2. Personally at fault and humiliated by Salah's 1st goal for FCBasel against skinhead mourinho's chelski.. Terry was tasked to approach Salah to sign for his team..
    He first tried small talk..
    'Me dad needs to er.. place some special funds.. Can you get me a Swiss secret bank account.?'
    Salah replied, 'I am not Swiss.. I am Egyptian!!'
    Terry 'Well.. er.. do you like my team?'
    Salga: 'I am a Hammers man myself..'
    Terry reported to Abramovich negatively saying..
    'Don't go near 'im.. 'ees arab.. an'.. 'ees naturally a Hamas supporter!!'

  3. I reckon Terry is talking out of his behind as usual, but, Obi might have a point about De Bruyne not being the ‘best trainer’ though. I can remember Jose saying that De Bruyne was demanding first team football and that he recognised how talented he was, but, had no interest in holding him back. Jose was building the team around Oscar at the time and I don’t think anyone would of argued with it. Oscar was playing great, no question.

    Salah is a little more difficult to get to terms with, but in short, I don’t think he was even a shadow of the player he is now, back then.

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