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Sunderland player Jonny Evans

Cats ‘won’t get’ Jonny

IT is the central defensive partnership which has been the bedrock of Sunderland’s last two seasons, but Nyron Nosworthy is resigned to not playing alongside Jonny Evans again next term. Read

‘Keane has taken the aura of Clough into a new generation’

SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane is the closest the modern game has to an incarnation of Brian Clough, according to Colin Todd. Read

Dwight Yorke

Yorke ponders options

DWIGHT Yorke’s Sunderland future will depend on whether the veteran striker is prepared to settle for a one-year deal to play on in the Premier League with the Black Cats or move away for a longer contract. Read

Dwight Yorke

Yorke: Too soon for top ten

DWIGHT Yorke has warned Sunderland a top-ten Premier League finish is still some years away but the midfielder believes Roy Keane’s tactics will be more decisive in making it happen than money. Read

Paul McShane

McShane angry at being left out in cold

PAUL McShane has revealed the full extent of his frustration after a disappointing first season at Sunderland, admitting he felt harshly treated by Cats boss Roy Keane since being dropped at the turn of the year. Read

Bidding war set to erupt for Steve Sidwell

SUNDERLAND and Newcastle are both still in the running to sign Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell, who is resigned to leaving Stamford Bridge this summer in pursuit of first-team football. Read

Niall Quinn

Quinn: We’re better prepared this year

NIALL Quinn is adamant Sunderland are in a better position going into the transfer market this summer than they were last year as he looks to give Roy Keane the backing he needs to strengthen the side. Read

Liam Miller

Miller vows to battle on

HAVING worked himself back into manager Roy Keane’s good books, Liam Miller has set the target of playing his way off Sunderland’s transfer list. Read

Nyron Nosworthy

We need to improve quickly – Nosworthy

ROY Keane and his Sunderland players must learn to cope quickly with raised expectations at the Stadium of Light if they are to achieve their goal of breaking into the Premier League’s top 10, according to Nyron Nosworthy. Read

Roy Keane

Cats boss Keane eyes rising talents

ROY Keane will continue to gamble on emerging Championship talent next season, even though the focus of his £50m summer recruitment drive remains bringing in players with proven Premier League pedigree. Read

Roy Keane

Keane keeps squad on tenterhooks

STRIKER Roy O’Donovan is confident he will avoid Roy Keane’s Sunderland summer cull but admits that, along with most of his team-mates, he is being kept guessing on his Black Cats future. Read

Dwight Yorke

Yorke waiting for a call

DWIGHT Yorke headed off into the sun this week with no firm ideas as to where he will be next season but the veteran midfielder has promised Roy Keane he will be waiting by the phone if Sunderland want him to end his career on Wearside. Read

Nyron Nosworthy

Nyron excited about future at Cats

NYRON Nosworthy is looking forward to an exciting summer after finally repairing the damage to his footballing reputation. Read

Roy Keane

Keane will get £50m for new signings

SUNDERLAND will step up their global search for the reinforcements capable of making them an established Premier League force after Roy Keane was promised the £50m transfer war chest he demanded last month. Read

Kieran Richardson

Kieran keen to remain a Cat

KIERAN Richardson hopes to survive Sunderland’s summer purge after explaining why his season finished in the Stadium of Light stands. Read

United can brag, but this season belongs to Keane

MANCHESTER United and Arsenal fans are used to measuring it in trips to cup finals, trophies and winners’ medals, but outside of the ‘Big Four’ success is a far more relative affair. Read

Roy Keane

Keane: Expect the worst

ROY Keane meets chairman Niall Quinn today to discuss his summer spending plans but the Black Cats manager has warned Sunderland fans to “expect the worst”. Read

Roy Keane

‘Miserable’ Roy looks for quality

FOR the second season running, Roy Keane is adamant Sunderland have nothing to celebrate but he is refusing to say what will constitute a successful 2008-09 until he knows how many of his summer transfer targets have been delivered. Read

Nyron banishes the bad memories

SUNDERLAND may have done what they set out to this season but Nyron Nosworthy is adamant there was no complacency in last week’s 2-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers. Read

No time for relaxing as Keane looks to the future

THIS season Sunderland have achieved something beyond them for the last six years – beating Premier League relegation. But rather than “chill out”, Roy Keane has set his sights higher. Stuart Rayner reports. Read

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