Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill tells ITV Sport's Ned Boulting of his aspirations for the Black Cats and rubbishes rumours of tattoos of the clubs crest on his leg.

The former Leicester manager also slammed rumours that he's not  directly involved in training.

"I think there’s a myth grows up here that I am not directly involved in training," he said.

"I heard a couple of Leicester players talking where we had great times, where I think that they just thought I turned up 5 minutes before a game, and everything was OK. It wasn’t. I was there very single day at training."

And O'Neill also spoke movingly of his relationship with his former manager Brian Clough - and revealed the great man always regretted never having the opportunity to manage Sunderland.