Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has confirmed former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wrote him a supportive letter when he was sacked at Reading. His side were just a place outside the Championship relegation zone at the time and he was replaced by Brian McDermott.
Rodgers enjoyed a successful spell at Swansea after before earning a big move to Liverpool.
On Fergie's intervention, the Kop boss told AS: "Yes, he wrote to me there [at Reading]. He's done that with a lot of managers that were either out of work or sacked.
"He was a symbol of, I suppose, the managers' union.
"I obviously highly respect Alex in what he has done in transforming Manchester United as a club, but there are many people and managers I have a big admiration for.
"I look at David Moyes and the incredible job he did at Everton although he didn't win a trophy.
"People might look at me in the next number of years and if I win some trophies they might say that's a success, but I believe my success was the 15 years before that, leading up to that, my success and my journey as a manager and working with young players.
"That's what I deem as my success."
