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'He is one of our sons!': Todd Boehly is slammed for claiming Mo Salah came from Chelsea's academy by chief of the Liverpool star's first club in Egypt - as he accuses the 'ignorant' American owner of a 'lack of understanding'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has been slammed by Al Mokawloon director Mohamed Adel Fathi for his comments about Mohamed Salah coming from the Blues academy.

Salah started his career at the Cairo-based team after spending four years in the club's academy between 2006 and 2010.

The Egyptian attacker went on to play 38 league games for the club, scoring 11 goals before moving to Swiss side Basel in 2012.

Chelsea signed the then 21-year-old Mohamed Salah from Swiss side Basel in 2014

Chelsea signed the then 21-year-old Mohamed Salah from Swiss side Basel in 2014

It was his form at Basel that earned him the move to Chelsea in 2014, when he was 21-years-old, so making the claim that he came from the Chelsea academy 'shows a lack of understanding', according to Adel Fathi.