Sacked West Ham boss Slaven Bilic had no problem speaking with David Moyes about the job.
Moyes called Bilic after it became clear he would be succeeding the Croatian.
Bilic told the Daily Mail: "I've known him since he was at Everton, we would have chats about his striker Nikica Jelavic, who also played for Croatia.
"We had a relaxed chat about West Ham — why not? — but the details aren't for the paper. To be fair, a lot of the things he said were exactly the points I would have made. He didn't need me to tell him a lot of things because he still has (goalkeeping coach) Chris Woods, who was there with me from day one."
Source: tribalfootball.com