Chelsea's scout Piet de Visser has revealed that former manager Jose Mourinho did not want to train Manchester City midfielder Kelvin De Bruyne during their (Mourinho and KDB) time at the club.
De Visser claims he had urged the former Real Madrid manager to reconsider and play the Belgian who just returned from a six month successful loan deal from Werder Bremen. The plea wasn't successful though as the manager had already made up his mind and told him , "Piet, I find it a shame too (regarding KDB's £18 million move to Wolfsburg in 2014), but the boy wants to leave. He doesn't want to train under me anymore."
Visser claims he replied Mourinho saying , "Yes, the boy wants to play, he's ready for it", he continued that he tried to convince the manager but Mourinho repeated the following words "Piet, he doesn't want to train". Visser thinks Mourinho does not like developing players as he believed KDB needed another two or three years to maintain a consistency .
Jose Mourinho went on to win the Premier League and the Carling Cup the following season after KDB's sale, while KDB won the DFB-Pokal In Germany. That same season (2014/2015), KDB scored 10 goals and registered 21 assists in the Bundesliga which still remains a Bundesliga record until date, qualifying his team for the Champions League after finishing second behind Bayern Munich.
KDB 24, went on to sign for Manchester City for a British record fee of £55 million last summer , scoring six league goals, nine assists and creating a whopping 73 chances for teammates in 23 league games after missing more than seven weeks of action early in the year.
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