Mourinho Said (Football News)

Mourinho Said (Football News)

Salah joined Chelsea under Mourinho in 2014 however neglected to build up himself at Stamford Bridge and was lent out to Fiorentina and Roma before a perpetual move to the Stadio Olimpico equip in 2016. 

The 25-year-old came back to the Premier League with Liverpool this season and has exceeded expectations, scoring 31 objectives in 33 matches to win the Professional Footballers' Association's Player of the Year grant. 

"Individuals say that I was the one that sold Salah and it is the inverse," Mourinho, who presently oversees Manchester United, told ESPN. 

"I was the one that purchased Salah. I was the one that advised Chelsea to purchase Salah... In any case, he came as a youthful child, physically he was not prepared, rationally he was not prepared, socially and socially he was lost and everything was extreme for him. 

"Chelsea chose to offer him, OK? ... So the choice to send him on advance was a choice we made aggregately, however from that point onward, the choice to offer him and to utilize that cash to purchase another player wasn't mine." 

Salah has scored 43 objectives over all rivalries this season and is in dispute to win the European Golden Boot. 

"I think everything has shocked even him. It has been incredible," Mourinho included. 

"In any case, he is an extraordinary player that has achieved the pinnacle of development, he has just experienced a few different encounters and now has fitted consummately into the style of play of the group, of the mentor and of the club also." 

Liverpool are as of now third in the class and in prime position to achieve the Champions League last, after a 5-2 win in the primary leg of their semi-last against Roma. 

The side come back to class activity when they have Stoke City on Saturday while Mourinho's United host Arsenal daily later.