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‘Jose’s De Bruyne embarrassment’
- Updated: September 18, 2016
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 …
