Friday 29 July 2016 14:24, UK
John O'Shea is convinced Sunderland have found a manager in David Moyes who has the pedigree to replace Sam Allardyce.
The Irishman was club captain under Allardyce, who was named England manager last week, and believes the appointment of Moyes is the right move for Sunderland.
Due to his commitments with the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2016, O'Shea only met up with the team the day after Moyes' appointment before they headed to their French training camp.
The former Manchester United and Everton manager has had little time to implement change at Sunderland, and the club have yet to announce a signing in the transfer window - but O'Shea has already been impressed.
"The new manager has a fantastic pedigree and I saw a stat that he's third or fourth highest in terms of all-time Premier League wins, so we have a manager who knows how to win football matches," said the 35-year-old.
"I've had very tough games against his teams in the past and although he hasn't had much time with the group yet he's been getting his ideas across."
O'Shea and Sweden international Seb Larsson will look to impress Moyes if they make their first appearances of pre-season in Saturday's friendly against Montpellier.
First-team coach Robbie Stockdale said: "Both players are naturally fit but with summer tournaments and a later return date the recovery process is as important as the work period, so they've had three days with the sports science department and then three days with the team before playing on Saturday."
