Jose Mourinho responded to Tottenham great Glenn Hoddle's branding of their Europa League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb as "diabolical".
Mourinho was asked if Hoddle's words hurt him after the team's elimination.
He replied, “No. Mr Hoddle, of course, is a legend at the club and every word that he says, sometimes negative, sometimes positive, has to be respected.
“But I do not needed Mr Hoddle's words to feel hurt and as I said, more than sad. Sad is not enough.
“I totally respect everything that somebody connected or not connected with the club says about us tonight.
“I think we have to accept. The problem will be if some accept in a positive way in a sense of feeling hurt and ashamed with the critics.
“Another story is if you don't feel it, if you don't care, if you don't read, and that is a much deeper problem.
“But I repeat, I don't need external critics because I feel deeply hurt with what happened with my team."
