Sunderland: Keane is staying

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has strenuously denied claims that Roy Keane could be leaving the club and heading for Chelsea. Since Avram Grant has been sacked at the Blues, a number of candidates have been listed as successors, but Keane will not be one of them.

Sunderland have shown Keane an enormous amount of backing and have told Keane he has over £25 million of transfer funds.

"I am not overly surprised that Roy has been linked," Quinn revealed. "But rather than fret about it, I would take it as a positive that we must be doing something right as a football club.

"And remember, Roy is still under contract at Sunderland for next season and I am pretty happy at this stage that he will be with us for a long time to come."