The praise new Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has received since replacing Jose Mourinho has been over the top, according to West Bromwich Albion coach Tony Pulis, reports the London Evening Standard.

Hiddink was appointed as Chelsea's interim manager in December after the club decided to part ways with Mourinho following the champions' disastrous start to the season.

But, ahead of his side's match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, Pulis claimed the praise Hiddink has been given for appearing to have turned the Blues' season around is "a load of crap" and disrespectful to Mourinho.

"To be honest, what's been said is a load of crap in lots of respects," he said.

"The fact Mourinho won the league by a country mile - to say someone's come in and changed it and they're playing better and doing everything else better.

"There might have been other reasons that things didn't go so well this year.

"But to put Jose down is completely and utterly out of order. It's disrespectful to Mourinho and also the players that won the league last year, because they played some great football."