Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari has jumped to the defense of his former coach Jose Mourinho following comments that the Portuguese plays ‘negative’ and ‘demoralising’ football.

Mourinho has developed an image for his defensive masterstroke especially during his time with Chelsea and Inter Millan.

The outspoken gaffer has been accused of sending the wrong messages to his players but Sulley Muntari thinks otherwise.

Having worked under Mourinho at Inter Milan for two years, Muntari thinks criticism over his former boss’ tactical approach is unfair and unwarranted.

“I really don’t buy it because I know who we are talking about here,” the 35-year-old 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.

“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,” He added.

Sulley Muntari was part of Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan’s side that won the treble in the 2010/2011 season.