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Danny Higginbotham

Danny is prepared to wait for his chance

DANNY Higginbotham has accepted he will have to adopt a wait-and-see approach to whether he will still be part of Sunderland’s plans next season. Read

Andy Reid

Cats have power to pull in top stars

IN the four months since he joined, Andy Reid believes Sunderland’s players have changed the perception of the club but the Irish midfielder warned the excitement the Black Cats have generated must be the start rather than the end of their mission. Read

Niall Quinn

Quinn: I am every bit as ambitious as Roy

NIALL Quinn has vowed to give Roy Keane all the support and financial backing he needs to try to turn Sunderland into a major force in English football. Read

The love supreme burning brightly

WHILE others may be worrying about whether Roy Keane will sign a new contract at Sunderland, his chairman Niall Quinn is not one of them. Chief sports writer Luke Edwards finds out why. Read

We owe it to our fans to be merciless, warns Gordon

CRAIG Gordon has warned Bolton Wanderers that Sunderland have no intention of giving them a helping hand in their battle to avoid the drop when they travel to the Reebok Stadium next weekend. Read

Roy Keane

Keane plans busy summer as Cats secure safety

HAVING ensured Sunderland will spend consecutive seasons in the Premier League for the first time since 2003, Roy Keane immediately demanded to know if chairman Niall Quinn is willing and able to take them further. Read

Reid hails togetherness of squad

ANDY Reid believes Sunderland’s last-gasp winner against Middlesbrough was a fitting way for the Black Cats to confirm their Premier League safety. Read

Sunderland manager Roy Keane

I’m more harsh than the worst critic – Roy

AFTER a week in which his managerial credentials have been under harsher scrutiny than at most times in his career, Roy Keane has ignored the criticism directed at him – because it is nothing like as harsh as his own self-analysis. Read

Popular Arca has real hope for Cats

He left relegated Sunderland to join their local rivals. But the reception Julio Arca gets at the Stadium of Light will confirm his status as a Black Cats favourite, writes Stuart Rayner Read

‘I won’t go to United’

THE whole course of Julio Arca’s career could have changed dramatically if Newcastle United had been a little quicker off the mark in firming up their interest in the midfielder. Read

Unlucky side deserve credit – Keane

NOBODY has had it tougher than Sunderland this season according to their manager Roy Keane, which is why he is so eager to sing the praises of his squad. Read

Dean Whitehead

Derby defeat behind us – Whitehead

THE disappointment of Sunday’s derby defeat by Newcastle had already been forgotten by the time Sunderland’s players reported for training yesterday, according to captain Dean Whitehead. Read

Nyron Nosworthy

Nyron’s relaxed over his future

NYRON Nosworthy has admitted he cannot afford to dwell on the fact his place in the Sunderland side could be under threat as Roy Keane looks to make major changes to the squad this summer. Read

Dean Whitehead

Skipper in line for role switch

SUNDERLAND captain Dean Whitehead could be asked to play at right-back against Middlesbrough on Saturday as Roy Keane weighs up whether to keep faith with Paul McShane. Read

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon

Fight for survival is Cats’ only concern

CRAIG Gordon has braced his Sunderland team-mates for another crucial week in the relegation run-in by claiming this weekend’s Wear-Tees derby is the biggest game in the Black Cats’ recent history. Read

Roy Keane

Time to cut out errors, says boss

ROY Keane has warned his side they must bounce back from their crushing derby disappointment quickly if they want to secure their Premier League safety. Read

No excuses for Keane

BEATEN Sunderland boss Roy Keane refused to use the injuries that blew a hole in his back four as an excuse for his team’s disappointing Tyne-Wear derby defeat, writes MARK DOUGLAS. Read

Cats are at a low ebb, admits Gordon

CRAIG Gordon admitted that morale in the Sunderland dressing room was at rock bottom after the Black Cats sank to a dispiriting derby defeat at St James’s Park. Read

Roy Keane

Keane is hoping to be out of limelight

ROY Keane is relishing the prospect of running the gauntlet of hate on his return to St James’s Park on Sunday but he insists the focus should be on his players and not him as he returns to a venue where he enjoyed some memorable battles. Read

Even at 10 Owen was in a class of his own – Collins

AS children, the football careers of Danny Collins and Michael Owen followed broadly similar paths, but ever since they could scarcely be different. Stuart Rayner on the reunion of two old team-mates. Read

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