Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne insists he doesn't "hate" his former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
The Belgium international played under the Portuguese at Chelsea during the 2013-14 campaign but made just three Premier League appearances.
De Bruyne said: "They [Chelsea] really wanted to keep me and give me a chance but I actually wanted to go to Dortmund [but that move didn't materialise].
"I had a good feeling about that - and I always decide by feeling. I did play a bit at Chelsea, but away at Swindon in the cup… that was really dramatic.
"I hadn't played for a month and then you have to play against a League 2 club like that. After that, it was over."
Discussing his relationship with Mourinho, the player added: "I never went to Jose Mourinho. I trained hard; I showed enough. But it's a football myth that if you train well, you get chance.
"That is not true. I left it hanging a bit because I didn't see a chance to play anymore, but then I learned to behave differently sometimes.
"And that you can get out of such a situation. But I didn't see that then. I just wanted to leave. And I don't hate Mourinho either, I'm not a little kid. It just didn't work out then."
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