Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has leapt to Jose Mourinho's defence following his widely criticised defensive philosophy during his time with Serie A giants Inter Milan.
Mourinho, who is presently in charge of Tottenham Hotspur joined the Nerazzurri in 2008 and led the club to a European treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League.
Muntari played under the former Real Madrid boss at Inter from 2008 to 2010.
"I really don’t buy it because I know who we are talking about here," he told Metro FM.
"He is the leader and you need to obey what your coach tells you, and that’s what he wants from his side. So if he wants them to defend in a certain way, they have to do it.
"Every coach has his style of play and that’s the way he wants his team to play, that’s his choice.
"For instance, when he was our coach, he didn’t say anything during matches because we know what he wanted. We knew where we wanted to be, we knew we wanted to win trophies.”
In 2010, Inter won the Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 2-0, with Mourinho personally celebrating the second Champions League title in his managerial career.
"It was amazing, we still keep in touch as I speak, and we have a chat group which has the squad that won the triple at Inter Milan so we keep in touch," Muntari said.
"It was always fun around him. He is a very principled man, he is an amazing coach. He gives you all the attention in other to perform. He doesn’t accept if you are not in good shape, you should be in good shape the whole year.
"So that’s what he gets from his players and everybody is loyal to him because he is loyal. He is very amazing."
Muntari has previously played for Udinese, Portsmouth, AC Milan, Pescara, Deportivo La Coruna, Ittihad and Albacete.