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Kaboul opts for Pompey switch

SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane will begin a new search for defensive reinforcements after being forced to admit defeat in his pursuit of Younes Kaboul. Read

Cats boss ready to cut size of squad

ROY Keane has paved the way for some of Sunderland’s fringe men to depart the Stadium of Light by admitting he needs to sell players to help “balance the books”. Read

Roy Keane

Cats haven't finished in transfer market

AFTER clinching the signature of Bolton forward El-Hadji Diouf, Roy Keane is looking to bring in “four or five” more new players to complete his summer recruitment programme. Read

El-Hadji Diouf

Cats close in on Diouf

ROY Keane will complete his third signing of the summer today after Bolton accepted an offer for Senegal front man El Hadji Diouf. Read

Debut for Colgan as Cats lose in final

SUNDERLAND new boy Nick Colgan made his debut in the Hartlepool Centenary Cup Final at Victoria Park as the Wearsiders’ second-string were undone by Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical yesterday. Read

Youngsters in line for first-team spot

HE may be preoccupied with trying to strengthen his first team squad in the transfer market, but Roy Keane has assured the club’s successful Academy graduates they will also get plenty of opportunities this season. Read

Younes Kaboul of Tottenham Hotspur

Kaboul is testing Keane’s patience

SUNDERLAND will press Younes Kaboul for an answer today over his proposed move to the Stadium of Light, with the player’s agent Rudy Raba insisting the defender is still undecided about where his future lies. Read

Another Black Cat on Stoke’s shopping list

STOKE City want to add Sunderland defender Danny Higginbotham to their impending signing of goalkeeper Márton Fülop, but will wait until the resolution of the Younes Kaboul transfer saga before launching their bid. Read

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon

Signings can be catalyst – Gordon

CRAIG Gordon feels the arrival of Teemu Tainio and Pascal Chimbonda from Tottenham Hotspur has kick-started Roy Keane’s ambitious recruitment drive as Younes Kaboul also prepares to travel to Wearside for a medical this morning. Read

Fülop in line to become a Potter

MÁRTON Fülop could be a Stoke City player in the next few days after Sunderland signed the veteran Irish goalkeeper Nick Colgan yesterday on a one-year deal. Read

Sunderland midfielder Teemu Tainio

More to follow as Cats get their men

SUNDERLAND have completed the signing of Finnish midfielder Teemu Tainio and are expected to confirm the arrival of French full-back Pascal Chimbonda from Tottenham Hostpur this morning. Read

Vitoria de Setubal 1, Sunderland 1

SUNDERLAND brought their trip to Portugal to an end with a 1-1 draw against Vitoria de Setubal, but at least manager Roy Keane managed to watch the entire game from the bench following his sending off against Sporting Lisbon last weekend. Read

Roy Keane

Keane’s sights on six new signings

ROY Keane believes Sunderland could have made five or six new signings in the next 10 days after revealing the Black Cats have agreed personal terms with three of the four players they have had bids for accepted by Tottenham. Read

Concern rises over Chopra ban prospects

A RELAXED Roy Keane is more concerned with trying to get striker Michael Chopra’s three-match ban lifted than solving his own disciplinary problems following the fractious friendly against Sporting Lisbon last weekend. Read

Carlos Edwards

Edwards: See sense on Cats' red cards

CARLOS Edwards hopes common sense prevails as Sunderland manager Roy Keane and striker Michael Chopra wait to discover whether they will be forced to miss the start of the Premier League season following their sendings-off against Sporting Lisbon. Read

Keane bides his time as ambitious bid delayed

HAVING watched intently as his players were put through their paces during a morning training session, Roy Keane quietly left the team’s hotel yesterday afternoon for a mystery destination. Read

Roy Keane

Keane is ready for toughest test yet

ROY Keane believes this will be his most challenging season yet as a manager as the Black Cats stepped up their pre-season preparations with a fiery 3-1 win against Sporting Lisbon last night. Read

Sporting Lisbon 1, Sunderland 3

SUNDERLAND’S first pre-season friendly against Sporting Lisbon ended in a victory and plenty of acrimony as Michael Chopra and Roy Keane were both sent off following a heated second half. Read

Steed Malbranque

Keane stays behind to woo Spurs targets

HAVING waited patiently all summer for a chance to sell his Sunderland vision to prospective transfer targets, Roy Keane will need all of his powers of persuasion this weekend if he is to pull off the biggest deal in the club’s history. Read

Roy Keane

Cats line up £23m quadruple swoop

SUNDERLAND are set to break their summer transfer deadlock in spectacular fashion after agreeing a £23m deal with Tottenham Hotspur for four players. Read

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