Former Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov has shared his verdict on the appointment of Jose Mourinho in North London, declaring he's 'earned the right to take no s***'.
Spurs announced Mourinho's arrival on a three-year deal on Wednesday, following Tuesday night's announcement that Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked.
Mourinho arrives in time to take charge of this weekend's London derby with West Ham and has plenty of work to do, with Spurs currently sitting 11 points adrift of the Premier League's top-four.
As a result, Berbatov has declared that the playing squad need to step up and prove themselves to Mourinho, who he believes will 'take no s***' from anyone.
"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," he told BetFair.
"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."
