Brendan Rodgers: 'Sir Alex Ferguson will be a big miss'

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has paid tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson by saying that he will be a "big miss" in the Premier League.

The Scot announced earlier this week that he will retire from his job at Manchester United at the end of the season after 26 years in charge.

The Reds chief also believes that it will take time for successor David Moyes to be a hit at Old Trafford.

"United have been a machine over the last 25 years," Rodgers told ESPN. "Sir Alex has really put his identity on the club and that has led to success.

"It will take David time to go in and assess everything but it is a club as stable as any in the world and it is ready-made for him.

"There is no doubt Sir Alex will be a big miss there. He has been there so many years and been part of the furniture, making the club what it is today. But it is up to the rest of the clubs how they react to that. The spending powers of the teams up there will always make it close."

Liverpool travel to Fulham on Sunday.