​Manchester City record signing Kevin de Bruyne has revealed that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho stopped him joining current Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund back in 2013.





Speaking to the ​Telegraph, the Belgian admitted that he had an agreement to leave Chelsea and join Dortmund while Klopp was manager there just over two years ago, as a replacement for the Bayern Munich bound Mario Gotze. However, even while he was not getting regular football at Chelsea at the time, Mourinho managed to change his mind about the transfer.





The Belgian, who faces Klopp's current Liverpool side with City this afternoon, said: “I had a personal agreement (with Klopp). I asked the club (Chelsea) to go because I had a good feeling about Dortmund at the time. "





"I had been good in Germany (on loan with Werder Bremen) and he (Klopp) really wanted me because Gotze went to Bayern Munich. He called me, and said ‘You will be the No 1’ at a team who had been second in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League final."





“At the time I thought it was a good decision to go but the manager (Mourinho) told me ‘You need to stay and you will get your chance here’. I accepted it and we moved on. I think he (Klopp) is a good trainer."

"I saw the way Dortmund played and they (Liverpool) play the same style. He tries to do the same. He is new here, and it will take some time. In the seven years he was there he did a magnificent job.”





Speaking on his big money summer transfer to City, he added: "In Belgium it was really big. They talk a lot about how much I cost and how much I earn – even if they don’t know!





"I expected a lot more to be honest. So that’s good. It doesn’t bother me. In the end football is a big business, there is a lot of money but I’m not the only one. I am in a team with a lot of people who earn a lot of money and who were bought for a lot of money. In the end it is the same.





“If I see someone I think is in a better position than me, it is better for me to give the ball. Now I shoot more at goal. When I was young they sometimes said to me, ‘You need to shoot more, you try to give it too much’. It is something that I learned. To try to take the best option."





"You need also to enjoy your time when you are playing football because it goes so quickly. In the end, for me, football is still a game. Even if you are a professional you need to have fun when you are on the field. If you don’t enjoy your job, you don’t have fun.”











