Watford captain Troy Deeney is adamant the FA Cup still has it's old magic.

Deeney and Watford are rank outsiders against Manchester City for today's final.

The Watford captain described the tournament as "our competition" and said it was a trophy he would love to lift up.

He said: "I think if you go to most traditionalists they love the FA Cup.

"Watford vs Woking at the start of the competition was massive, that was a full house. It's massive for those quote unquote smaller clubs that need the money and I think when everyone treats it with the respect that it deserves you end up with loads of games where people nearly knock them (bigger teams) out.

"Swansea nearly took Man City out. If they had VAR it could've been a different game so you have to respect it and again this is our competition so there's no point talking about the Champions League and all of those things that they're trying to do with that, this is our competition let's enjoy it and let's make it as good as it is."