Mourinho Will Command The Respect Of Tottenham Players – Berbatov

Tottenham boss, Jose Mourinho has a proven track record of winning trophies so he will surely command the respect of Spurs players, according to Dimitar Berbatov.

Berba believes the Portuguese is the ideal man to revive the club’s fortunes.

He feels Jose’s reputation for winning trophies means he should have an immediate impact on the squad, especially since he is coming back after a long break from football.

His words, “With his resume and the amount of trophies he has won in the Champions League, Premier League and wherever he goes, he has earned the right to take no sh*t,”

“If you show him respect he will give you respect back, and he deserves that because he has proven himself by winning so much.

“The players will want to show him how they can play and they will be thinking that they need to prove themselves to him. He will bring new ideas, a new way of playing, new exercises in training and the players will need to show themselves, all of them.

“In every club you have that player hierarchy, you know that you are good, maybe you are the captain of the team and you know you are going to play, but at the same time that doesn’t give you the right to just lay back and play off your name, you need to work hard and this will be the case with Mourinho.

”This new appointment, like every time a new manager comes in, will bring new life to the team, it will shake things up and people will wake up a bit and start proving themselves. The Spurs players should be excited because they are going to play for one of the best managers in the world and it is a great opportunity for them.

“Mourinho has had a good rest, he was watching teams playing, commentating, he will have drawn lessons and conclusions from his last job at Man Utd and now it’s a fresh start for him. He’s taking over a great team with great players and he’s in London, the city that he loves, so for me, I think it’s the perfect match. Spurs is a team that wants to grow, develop and achieve things and I think it’s a good place for him.

“By appointing him, the board were probably thinking ‘wherever he goes he brings trophies’ and Spurs need a trophy, we talk about it all the time. He has the experience and he can bring them a trophy to feel that victory, and develop that winning mentality and get used to it. He’s won so much already in his career and it will be interesting to see if he has mellowed. I remember Sir Alex Ferguson telling us about how he mellowed later in his career and took more time to think about things and not reacting so impulsively, so it will be interesting to see if Mourinho does something similar at Spurs.”

On Poch’s sack, “It came as a big surprise to me, I wasn’t expecting that, I don’t think anyone did.”

“They had their problems at Spurs but to do it now seems strange to me. For me he was the perfect guy for the club, but obviously after a while, a time comes when you need a change because you get used to things, you reach your potential and you plateau. When that happens, you need to find a change and yes, they have probably reached that plateau as a team and it was not beneficial for both sides so they have parted ways, but I regret that they have taken this decision.

“After six years, the guy has built the club, brought through the players, reached the Champions League final and overall everyone has been full of praise for his work. In the end the board have made their decision, they’ve had a few bad results and they may have thought that they needed to act and do something and you cannot sack 25 players.

“Now Pochettino is available he has a few decisions to make: does he want to rest, recharge the batteries, relax and release all the stress or jump straight back in to another club, and if so where? England? Spain? Italy? Germany? He is a big name in football now and I’m sure he won’t be out of a job for long.”