Thibaut Courtois has said Jose Mourinho was not the only one to blame for Chelsea's problems last season and that the players were not at the same standard as the year before when they won the Premier League title.
Mourinho was sacked after Chelsea lost nine of their opening 16 league games of the season, before the side rallied to finish in mid-table under Guus Hiddink.
But Belgium international Courtois remembers Mourinho fondly after the Portuguese made him Chelsea's No. 1.
"He gave me a chance to play at Chelsea, he's a top manager," Courtois told the Daily Mail.