Niall Quinn insists Steve Bruce is fully clued up with Sunderland Football Club.

Some fans may have had doubts about the appointment of the self-confessed Newcastle United supporter, but Quinn has moved to lay these worries to rest.

"He's clued in. He's with it. Above all, he understands and he gets what this area is all about in football terms,” the Black Cats chairman told the official club site.

"Whether he was born five or six miles left or right, that's not the point. The point is that he knows what gets a north east crowd at the edge of their seats."