New Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has likened the atmosphere at the club to Celtic.

O'Neill admitted that he saw similarities between his new job and the one that made him a legend at Parkhead.

He said: "It feels very much like when I went to Celtic. You feel it. You know there's a community, that you're in it.

"I always felt like that at Celtic and of course here, I do get that feeling. Time will tell. I'm sure it's there in abundance, but I want to feel it.

"It's so exciting, I can hardly tell you. Not just because it is my boyhood team.

"That's beside the point and I wouldn't want to be stretching it too far, but there's incredible passion round the place. They turn up in great numbers and I just want to be part of it."