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Ex-Egypt coach Bradley: Drogba, Hazard felt Salah deserved better at Chelsea

Former Egypt coach Bob Bradley admits he's surprised Liverpool star Mohamed Salah flopped at Chelsea.

Bradley reveals several senior Chelsea players felt the striker deserved better treatment from then manager Jose Mourinho.

The Los Angeles FC coach told Sports Illustrated: "Salah is a special guy. I'm surprised that he was at Chelsea, and they had veterans. But I thought that it would even happen there.

"But look, for different reasons it didn't. I've heard that guys like (Didier) Drogba and (Eden) Hazard, who saw him at Chelsea, all to this day say he didn't get enough opportunities there.

"But Jose's not always one who's given opportunities for young players, but he went to Fiorentina, he went to Roma, and now this time around at Liverpool, obviously, what a season.

“And when you think about not only being explosive and being a real threat, but the goals that he's now scoring, the different kind of finishes, I'm so thrilled for him. Because like I said, he's worked very hard at it, and there's always been something there that you knew was just really different."

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