Rodgers salutes Martinez

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers accepts the philosophies of Wigan boss Roberto Martinez gave him a helping hand in his own progress as a coach.

The 40-year-old admits when he took over at Swansea, having been sacked at Reading seven months previously, he benefited from the groundwork done by the Spaniard.

Even though there had been a year of Paulo Sousa’s leadership in between at the Liberty Stadium the footprints of Martinez were still there and Rodgers was able to build on those foundations.