Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has heaped praise on Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs.

The Black Cats manager played alongside the Welshman for five-and-a-half years at Old Trafford and said he first saw something special in him when he was 14-years old.

He also said that what Giggs has achieved in his long career is outstanding.

"He was the only one I could ever see, hand on heart, and say 'he is going to be a superstar' because it was effortless for him even as a 14 or 15-year-old," Bruce said.

"He was playing with us in training sessions and I remember him murdering Viv Anderson in one particular training session when he was a kid at 15 and Viv was England's right-back.

"He was such a natural runner, such a natural mover, such a wonderful dribbler with the ball.

"It was all so easy for him, so natural. It made him the outstanding player. But there's also the mentality thing.

"To go and do what he has done from being a boy is nothing short of remarkable."