Quinn: Keane will have money

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is set to have as much money as necessary for his January transfer window shopping ambitions. Niall Quinn has pledged to support any acquisitions Sunderland may make.

"We will do exactly the same as we did during the previous transfer windows," Quinn told The Sunday Mirror.

"We're changing nothing. We already have a terrific bunch of players. Roy and chief scout Mick Brown have identified targets.

"Chief executive Peter Walker and I will be doing everything we can to make sure the manager gets the signatures he wants.

"We've delivered and the aim is to deliver again. The manager will be looking to recruit next January, so I'm already looking at that. We believe in him and we're prepared to fund that belief, but other clubs are doing that too, which makes it interesting.

"There's a lot of new money in the Premier League, and that means there's more than just the top four to compete with. But we feel we're a club that can be so big that it is right for us to be ambitious in the transfer market."