5 players who became superstars after Jose Mourinho sold them

#4. Romelu Lukaku

Mourinho sold Lukaku at Chelsea and signed him at Manchester United

It’s funny that the same manager who sold Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea later signed him for a hefty fee at Manchester United in 2017.

Lukaku joined Chelsea in 2011 from Anderlecht but due to limited first-team opportunities, he went on loan to West Brom in 2012/13 and scored 17 goals in 35 Premier League games which was the sixth highest in the league.

The following season, Mourinho returned to Chelsea and Lukaku had a chance to break into the first team as Chelsea’s other striking options were a struggling Fernando Torres and Demba Ba. However, Lukaku missed a decisive penalty kick in the UEFA Super Cup and was later loaned to Everton while Mourinho signed the veteran, Samuel Eto’o, to solve Chelsea’s striker woes.

At the end of the season, Lukaku scored 15 Premier League goals for Everton which was more than the number of goals Eto’o (12), Torres (11) and Ba (8) scored in all competitions.

Ahead of the 2014/15 season, Chelsea parted ways with Eto’o, Torres and Ba; and replaced them with Costa, Drogba and Remy. As Lukaku still did not get a look in at, he moved permanently to Everton where he scored 87 goals in 166 games in all competitions.

The Belgian has also become his country’s all-time leading goalscorer with 45 goals in 79 games and he’s still only 25-years-old. He has regressed a little under Mourinho this season but a new manager can definitely get the best out of him soon.