Lee Johnson appreciates Brendan Rodgers guidance

Lee Johnson has said that he is "massively thankful" to Brendan Rodgers for the help he has given him since taking charge of Oldham Athletic.

Johnson's League One side will face his mentor's Liverpool team at Anfield in the third round of the FA Cup tomorrow.

"He hasn't really got to take the effort and time to do what he has done with me. I think he probably sees a little bit of himself with me being so young, loving football and doing my best to play the right way. He's been a nice part of my support group," Sky Sports News quotes the Football League's youngest manager as saying.

"I've been up [to Liverpool's Melwood training ground] and I'm massively thankful for that. I would never expect that amount of time and we do chuck stuff past each other. I'm going to take a lot more from it than he is but it's nice for me to feel valued in my opinion too.

"Being so young, I've still got so much learning to do and I need to create that time, to open my mind and enhance that sort of thing. He is at one of the best clubs in the world and he's done very well. As a young aspiring manager what better person to look at than someone like him."

Johnson was appointed as manager at the club in March last year.