Jose Mourinho: 'Chelsea right to sell Kevin de Bruyne'

Jose Mourinho has defended Chelsea's decision to sell Kevin de Bruyne in 2014.

The Belgian midfielder moved to Wolfsburg for a fee of £18m, but could now be on his way to Manchester City for £57m.

"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. At that time, Chelsea did well," Mourinho told Sky Sports News.

"If De Bruyne stayed here, not happy and not motivated, and we'd sold him after a year, we'd have got less - 50% less - than we sold him for.

"But, if he was at Chelsea and not at Wolfsburg, he wouldn't have reached this level. It was like a wall, a block."

The 23-year-old made just nine appearances for Chelsea before moving to Wolfsburg.