Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone says the players haven't been unsettled by Sam Allardyce's departure for England.
David Moyes was named new manager yesterday.
"If you want me to be honest he [Allardyce] hasn't been a major thing in our training, especially the way the gaffer used to treat the training," Mannone told the Sunderland Echo.
"Maybe some times he was away and looking from afar and he let the other coaches take the training; it has always been intense and we didn't drop our levels one bit.
"You have seen that in the two friendlies, we try and play football and improve our fitness. That hasn't been a major problem.
"In the back of your mind you are always thinking what is happening and who is coming in and what we need to do.
"But at the end of the day, when the football is rolling on the pitch, that is all you are doing."