Jose Mourinho lauded Mohamed Salah as one for the future
after the midfielder marked his full Chelsea debut with a goal.
The Egyptian opened the scoring in a 3-0 win against
Stoke City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday before goals from Frank Lampard and
Willian secured the three points that sent Chelsea back to the top of the
Premier League.
Salah, whose signing from Basel coincided with Juan
Mata's departure for Manchester United, is just 21 and Mourinho believes that
Chelsea have secured a promising talent.
"I think Chelsea did very well. We sold a player
(Juan Mata)...in the best moment of his career and we bought a kid from a
different habitat, an Egyptian player playing in Switzerland," Chelsea
boss Mourinho said.
"We knew that the kid was going to need time. We
know that the next season he will be a real good player for us.
"This season step by step, (he) starts playing, 10
minutes here, 10 minutes there, he came on against Newcastle, he came on
against Arsenal, against Crystal Palace.
"Today he had the first chance to play (from the
start) and I think one thing you feel immediately is the connection between him
and the crowd; they like him, they like his style of play and he is player that
we need.
"We have wingers who like to have the ball at their
feet he is the kind of winger who prefers it in the space.
"Chelsea did very, very well to bring him in."
The result helped to ease the pain of back-to-back losses
for Chelsea, who were beaten 1-0 at Crystal Palace in the Premier League before
suffering a 3-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their UEFA
Champions League last-eight tie.
Culled from Soccerway
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