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Salah reveals what Mourinho said to him when they met at Liverpool versus Man United clash
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has revealed that his former manager Jose Mourinho praised him when they met earlier in the season.
Salah has enjoyed a remarkable debut campaign at Liverpool and finished as the top scorer in the Premier League with 32 goals, while he has found the net 44 times in all competitions.
Mourinho didn't give Salah many opportunities to impress at Chelsea, but the Portuguese coach, now in charge of Manchester United, only had positive words to say about his former player.
Salah told Egypt Today: 'I did meet him twice – in our match here at Anfield [Liverpool vs Manchester United] and in the other match in Manchester.
'He told me that he is happy with what I am doing. So, I thanked him. We didn't talk much; I just said 'hi' to him and he told me that he was happy for me.'
Salah joined Chelsea from Basel in but was restricted to just
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Jose Mourinho 'destroyed Mohamed Salah and made him cry' as details of poor relationship emerge
Jose Mourinho 'destroyed' Mohamed Salah and made the Liverpool star cry, it has been claimed.
The duo previously worked together at Chelsea, with the winger touching down from Swiss side Basel back in January
While Salah has since become a Premier League icon at Liverpool, however, his time at Stamford Bridge failed to live up to expectations.
The Egypt international lasted just 18 months and was often behind the likes of Eden Hazard and Willian in Mourinho's pecking order.
Mohamed Salah and Jose Mourinho previously worked together at Chelsea
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Given what he's achieved since, Salah's poor form during his time at Chelsea remains a mystery.
And former Blues star John Obi Mikel, speaking on his podcast, has now revealed Mourinho 'destroyed' the forward's confidence.
It's even claimed Mourinho, who is manager of Serie A sid
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Jose Mourinho explains why Mohamed Salah left Chelsea
Jose Mourinho has washed his hands of Mohamed Salah’s controversial departure from Chelsea and claims that he deserves credit for bringing the Egyptian to Stamford Bridge in the first place.
Salah joined Chelsea from Swiss side FC Basel as a year-old in January but made just 19 appearances – scoring two goals – in two-and-a-half years with the Blues. During that period he enjoyed hugely successful loan spells with Fiorentina and Roma.
He was then sold permanently to Roma for just €15m in the summer of , where he shone for another season before returning to the Premier League with Liverpool for a club-record fee of £m.
Salah has gone on to become one of the Premier League’s greatest-ever players and it fryst vatten an ongoing source of frustration for many Chelsea fans that he slipped through their fingers – in a not dissimilar manner to another future legend, Kevin de Bruyne.
Mourinho often incurs a lot of their wrath, with his track