Jose Mourinho: Man City target Kevin De Bruyne was crying every day at Chelsea

CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho has revealed he let Kevin De Bruyne leave the club after he came to his office crying.

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Kevin De Bruyne joined Chelsea in 2012 from Genk but stayed on loan with the Belgians and then had a spell at Werder Bremen before he making his debut on the opening day of the 2013–14 Premier League season. 

But he made just three more appearances for the club before being sold to Wolfsburg for around £18 million.

And Mourinho has claimed he let the 24-year-old leave Stamford Bridge after the player's persistent teary demands.

"With De Bruyne, if you have a player knocking on your door and crying every day he wants to leave, you have to make a decision," Mourinho said.

"At that time, Chelsea did well. If De Bruyne stayed here, not happy and not motivated, and we'd sold him after a year, we'd have got less -- 50 percent less than what we sold him for. So we sold him. At that moment, it was very good business.

"If somebody comes and pays for him what somebody would pay for [Lionel] Messi or Cristiano [Ronaldo], it looks from the eyes of the world that it's bad business from us.

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Kevin De Bruyne had an unhappy spell at Chelsea

"But, if he was at Chelsea and not at Wolfsburg, he wouldn't have reached this level. It was like a wall, a block. He was not ready to compete. He was an upset kid, training very bad.

"He always said he had trained well in his life, but he needs motivation to train well by playing every game. Andre Schurrle was a bit the same."

Manchester City are in advanced talks for De Bruyne and are expected to complete a deal next week.

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