The left-back became the best-paid teenager in football after joining Manchester United in a £30 million deal, and the Portuguese suggests the sums would have disrupted his squad
Jose Mourinho has insisted signing Luke Shaw would have "killed" Chelsea's finances and prompted unrest in the squad.

The 19-year-old joined Manchester United for €37.5 million in June, with the club making him the highest-paid teenager in the world with a €200,000-a-week salary.

Goal understands Chelsea pulled out of the race to sign Shaw when they became aware of the wages on offer from United, with Mourinho adding that such a salary would have angered other squad members.

"To pay a 19-year-old boy what we were being asked for, for Luke Shaw, we are dead," he told reporters. "We would have killed our stability with financial fair play, and killed the stability in our dressing room.

"Because when you pay that much to a 19-year-old kid - a good player, fantastic player - but when you pay that amount of money, the next day we would have had players knocking on our door.

"They would have been saying 'How is it possible I play 200 games for this club, won this and that, yet a 19-year-old comes here and gets more money than I get?'

"It would've killed immediately our balance, and we couldn't allow that."

With Ashley Cole leaving the squad following the expiry of his contract, Chelsea moved quickly to sign Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid for around €20m - a deal Mourinho feels represents better value for money.

He continued: "I don't criticise another club for paying it. They can pay what they want. I don't have any comment about it.

"But for my club we can say it would be very negative for us, especially when we can say Felipe is much less expensive.

"Filipe played for Brazil, won titles in Spain, won European competitions, played in the Champions League final. Yet this guy is much cheaper than an English young lad.

"And is he good for our average wages? Yes he is. Sometimes you have to make decisions."

More Photo's...

Signing of Luke shaw represents all that is wrong with man Utd last season

He is not even better than Reece James another young lad who has come through the ranks at united

I understand, the special one, the only one

Oyinbo sef can lie sha....19yrs my yansh

mourinho already playing mind game when season have not yet started

onyeomaonyeoma: mourinho already playing mind game when season have not yet started

abi ooooooo i smell fear ooooo

Forzap: Oyinbo sef can lie sha....19yrs my yansh

i reason you guy....

like seriously this guy is almost the age of ma dad... and he's calming 19yrs.... me like dis am more than 20 and am no were near that guy...

onyeomaonyeoma: mourinho already playing mind game when season have not yet started

na him self he dey decieve...

Mourinho is only trying to expose the English media on how they over hype their players. Imagine a 19 year old sold for £30m, while a seasoned CL and Europa Cup winner plus Laliga champion sold for £16m.

This is why England will NEVER win a major tournament, and Mourinho is telling them so. Instead of seeing their error, they say Mourinho is playing mind games.

Debroslink: Mourinho is only trying to expose the English media on how they over hype their players. Imagine a 19 year old sold for £30m, while a seasoned CL and Europa Cup winner plus Laliga champion sold for £16m.

This is why England will NEVER win a major tournament, and Mourinho is telling them so. Instead of seeing their error, they say Mourinho is playing mind games.

guy, d mata dey pain u ni

ayorins:


guy, d mata dey pain u ni

i tire oooooo.... he just dey talk am personal....

But it's criminal

How can Luke shaw cost 30 million while Toni Kroos cost 20?

To me its not mind game as being spec. but an over hyping of English average playas by their teams n media. C how dey undaperform at d just concluded WC, dats how Rio Ferdinand was also overpriced from Leeds by ManU 4 €30M far back 2002 or so. since then he has been called by dat name €30M- meaning Flop. dey (English) will keep on undapaforming in major tournaments with dis their bias lifestyle. Nonsense!

ayorins:


guy, d mata dey pain u ni

How low can your IQ be?

Omero: To me its not mind game as being spec. but an over hyping of English average playas by their teams n media. C how dey undaperform at d just concluded WC, dats how Rio Ferdinand was also overpriced from Leeds by ManU 4 €30M far back 2002 or so. since then he has been called by dat name €30M- meaning Flop. dey (English) will keep on undapaforming in major tournaments with dis their bias lifestyle. Nonsense!

Remember Carroll of £35m, and Suarez £20m I think... Who is the better player? Luke Shaw can never match Fillipe Luis's achievements.

If Luke Shaw can earn $160,000 per week, Iyeanacho deserves better.

Debroslink:

Remember Carroll of £35m, and Suarez £20m I think... Who is the better player? Luke Shaw can never match Fillipe Luis's achievements.

If Luke Shaw can earn $160,000 per week, Iyeanacho deserves better.

Guy I dey feel u, so on-point, we are on same page!

Debroslink:
How low can your IQ be?

consult google

Debroslink:

Remember Carroll of £35m, and Suarez £20m I think... Who is the better player? Luke Shaw can never match Fillipe Luis's achievements.

If Luke Shaw can earn $160,000 per week, Iyeanacho deserves better.

I like the way this guy dey reason shA .....over hyped English players

mikeansy: But it's criminal

How can Luke shaw cost 30 million while Toni Kroos cost 20?

i wonder o!

For those of you saying its mind game, mou was asked by the media why chelsea didn't sign luke shaw since he is a boyhood chelsea fan and he always dream of playing for chelsea right from childhood, his father is a strong chelsea fan too.

English media are the problem with english players, they start hyping them for just few games and moreover, its just an average play compare to real talent, before you know it, they start feeling super star in their head and wouldn't like to improve more than that, in other words, they are been pamper to fame.
Look at wilshare, his game is declining every match, he even went smoking during break, he is feeling super star, wereas, he is average player who would have put effort to develope himself more. Andy carrol cost liverpool 35mil wereas, they bought suarez for 23mil, look at zaha cost man u 17mil, a player who was playing for divison 2 in england, rooney receiving 300k pounds a week, luke shaw 30mil, 200k/week, a 19 years old, a left back, I watch his highlights on youtube n I didn't see anything spectacular about him.

though a man United fans am not happy at the huge amount splash on luke shaw, English media over hype der players dats y dey fill on top d world.but d fact is almost English players are average except few like Beckham, lampard let say Rooney .btw mourinho shud not poke his nose on other club business after all chelsea buy torres for 50million nobody complain and d guy neva score 20 goals for 3 season now