'Those who criticise Mourinho should show more respect!

Esteban Granero - who played under 'The Special One' for three years at Real Madrid - feels the Portuguese deserves to be given the credit for what he has previously achieved
Former Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero has launched a defence of Jose Mourinho, claiming those who criticise the Chelsea boss should show him more respect.

The Blues manager has been blamed for the Premier League champions' poor start to the season after they slipped to a fifth league defeat of the season at West Ham on Saturday.

And Granero, who now plays for Real Sociedad having spent three years working under Mourinho during his time at Santiago Bernabeu, took to Twitter to show his displeasure at those criticising the Portuguese.


"Those who criticise Mourinho or Rafael Nadal now should think about showing more respect," he wrote.