I stopped Mohamed Salah from signing Liverpool deal – I started a war to make it happen

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Given the success Salah has enjoyed across nine years at Anfield, Mourinho has since been criticised for allowing him to leave Stamford Bridge, but the former Chelsea boss had a different view of the situation.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah and Jurgen Klopp have come to same conclusion about Liverpool after exits"When people say, ‘You let Salah go’, I say exactly the opposite," Mourinho told The Obi One podcast in 2023. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page“He was going from Basel to Liverpool, and I made a fight.

The 33-year-old has won two league titles and earned four Golden Boots, helping fire the Reds to glory."I think when I was at Chelsea I came here and Liverpool were fighting for the title and the atmosphere was unbelievable,” Salah said to Sky Sports in 2021. “And I said, 'Wow, I want to play here one day.'"That's why when I was in Rome and there was talk between the clubs, I said I would love to play there, the atmosphere is unbelievable and I wanted to come back to England to prove people wrong, I didn't have my chance there with Chelsea, and I wanted to come back.”It was announced earlier this week that Salah has agreed to leave Liverpool at the end of this season, bringing an end to his legendary spell at the club.

I will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season."I wanted to start by saying that I never imagined how deeply this club, this city, these people, would become part of my life. I will be always one of you.