Jose didn't rate Lukaku or De Bruyne either.
those players were kids though at the time and he wanted more experience. Hardly selling them at the level they are now.
Mate Mourinho has sold a host of players that ended up performing better than ones he kept hold of
Lukaku
Schurrle
De Bruyne
Filipe Luis
Mata - at Chelsea
Bertrand
Huth
Cech
Garay
Robben
and cba looking after that at more of his first stint at Chelsea or his time at Milan
Lukaku- Was a kid and jose wanted an experienced striker
Schurrle - was a bit party player and was replaced by willian/hazard as wide player
De Bruyne- again a kid and inexperienced compared to the experienced fabregas for example.
Filipe Luis - Jose has a terrible record when it comes to full backs.
Mata - at Chelsea - doesn't rate him, or fit into his team, either or.
Bertrand - i don't think a single academy player has consistently made the team in the past 12 years.
Huth - wasn't a top defender. Probably still isn't.
Cech - Sold as he couldn't give him first team football. A sale out of respect.
Garay - never seen him, but the fact he is in russia chasing money speaks a fair bit of his character.
Robben - asked to leave chelsea, jose rated him
You realise this makes no sense as we are about to buy Mata yeah?
It does make sense. We are signing mata because we got in there before jose could sell him. We bid, united accepted, and considering the same manager sold him within 4 months the first time round, not really a suprise we got the deal over the line so swiftly.