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15th April 2016
10:45pm BST

"He called in all the attacking midfielders. He showed us the stats of his six players - assists, goals, passing percentage, key passes, dribbles. He wanted to prove I didn't perform on the level of the others. “I simply answered him: 'Sorry, that's not logical. I've played less games than the others. How can you compare me to the others?' That was just not fair in my eyes.”Just a month later De Bruyne would leave the club, and Chelsea fans would regret the decision ever since.
However, the Belgian doesn't regret falling out with Mourinho.
"Mourinho told me he wasn't keen to let me go, even not on a loan - 'you're a good player'. But what could I do more? After his press conference in Bucharest(when Mourinho explained the player had been left behind for a Champions League game because of a poor performance in the Capital One Cup), I even started training harder, even on my days off. But my situation never changed. That's why I asked him in a friendly way: ‘Please let me go.' Chelsea wanted to loan me out, even wanted me to stay, but I had enough of it. I wanted to leave."

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