Let A = U |A| and B = V |B| be the polar decompositions of A ∈ B(H 1 ) and B ∈ B(H 2 ) and let Com(A, B) stand for the set of operators X ∈ B(H 2 , H 1 ) such that AX = XB. A pair (A, B) is said to have the FP-property if Com(A, B) ⊆ Com(A * , B * ). LetC denote the Aluthge transform of a bounded linear operator C. We show that (i) if A and B are invertible and (A, B) has the FP-property, then so is (Ã,B); (ii) if A and B are invertible, the spectrums of both U and V are contained in some open semicircle and (Ã,B) has the FP-property, then so is (A, B); (iii) if (A, B) has the FP-property, then Com(A, B) ⊆ Com(Ã,B), moreover, if A is invertible, then Com(A, B) = Com(Ã,B). Finally, if Re(U |A| 1 2 ) ≥ a > 0 and Re(V |B| 1 2 ) ≥ a > 0 and X is an operator such that U * X = XV , then we prove that à * X − XB p ≥ 2a |B| 1 2 X − X|B| 1 2 p for any 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 47B20; Secondary 47B15, 47A30.