Swansea City defender Alan Tate has admitted that Brendan Rodgers should not be blamed for taking over at Liverpool.

The Northern Irishman is expected to be unveiled as the new manager at Anfield in the next 24 hours after two years with the Welsh club.

"Once you have a good couple of years, especially with the success we had this year in the Premier League, you expect the manager to be touted for certain jobs," Tate told Sky Sports News.

"It's one of those things that if it does turn out that he goes there, you can't really blame him to be honest.

"Obviously if he does decide to go we'll be sorry to see him leave, but when he goes into Anfield they'll have a very good manager and I'm sure he'll be successful there."

Liverpool have been without a manager after Kenny Dalglish was dismissed earlier this month.