'Mourinho will take no s***': Former Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov backs decision to sack Mauricio Pochettino and suggests Portuguese manager is the ideal person to take over

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Dimitar Berbatov believes Jose Mourinho will be the perfect man for Tottenham because he will 'take no s***' from the players.

Spurs made the dramatic decision to sack Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday night after a terrible run over the last 12 months and swiftly appointed Mourinho on Wednesday. 

Former striker Berbatov admitted he thought Spurs needed something to end their malaise — and backed the call to get rid of the Argentinian.

Dimitar Berbatov has backed Spurs' call to replace Mauricio Pochettino with Jose Mourinho

He told Betfair: 'Pochettino has been an exception in modern football, he was at Spurs for so long, things plateaued and they needed a shake up because their recent games were poor and I was expecting more from them this season. 

'It's a decision that hasn't been taken likely but was necessary to shake things up a bit.'

And the Bulgarian highlighted Mourinho as the man to bring Spurs back to their usual level because he will not accept any nonsense from his players.

He continued: 'With his resume and the amount of trophies he has won in the Champions League, Premier League and wherever he goes, he as earned the right to take no s***, 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 former Spurs striker believes Mourinho will shake things up and 'take no s***' from players

'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.'

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