Why I dumped Chelsea for Dortmund – former chelsea star opens up on his decision to leave Man City star Kevin De Bruyne was once at...
Why I dumped Chelsea for Dortmund – former chelsea star opens up on his decision to leave
Man City star Kevin De Bruyne was once at Chelsea under former manager, Jose Mourinho but he had a frustrating spell at the club before he left. Many had suggested that he was unhappy with his former boss, Jose Mourinho when he left but that is not the case for Man City star.
Recall that Kevin De Bruyne played under the Portuguese manager during the 2013-14 season but only made three Premier League appearances. He was forced to leave in January 2014 for £18m to join VfL Wolfsburg,
As quoted by Het Nieuwsblad, De Bruyne said:
‘They [Chelsea] really wanted to keep me and give me a chance but I actually wanted to go to Dortmund. ‘I had a good feeling about that – and I always decide by feeling. I did play a bit at Chelsea, but away at Swindon in the cup… that was really dramatic. ‘I hadn’t played for a month and then you have to play against a League 2 club like that. After that, it was over.’
The match against Swindon in which De Bruyne refers to was a Carabao Cup tie in September 2013 where he also failed to impress Mourinho and got punished for that. Meanwhile he made it clear that he has no sour relationship with Mourinho, the player added:
‘I never went to Jose Mourinho. I trained hard; I showed enough. But it’s a football myth that if you train well, you get chance. ‘That is not true. I left it hanging a bit because I didn’t see a chance to play anymore, but then I learned to behave differently sometimes.
‘And that you can get out of such a situation. But I didn’t see that then. I just wanted to leave. And I don’t hate Mourinho either, I’m not a little kid. It just didn’t work out then.’
De Bruyne eventually found himself in England with Manchester City in 2016 and has established himself as one of the best in the world.
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