The Irishman steered the Black Cats to Premiership safety this
term, but is known to be fiercely ambitious.
FIrst came a cull of squad memebers he considered to be dead wood
and is reportedly targeting UK-reared quality as he aims to
challenge at the right end of the table.
"Do we want a wow factor? The priority will be getting players
who can take us to the next level, not a fancy name or someone with
long hair," Keane insisted.
"I don't want to face a relegation battle every year as a manager -
I want more. It is a very important summer for us to bring in top
quality players. We're not far from challenging clubs just above
us.
"We could do with a smaller squad but a lot more quality. That's
what we need.
"I haven't got a figure in my head. They might surprise me and say
'have £200m' and I might fall off my chair. Or 200-grand maybe.
I've got a list of players I want and the list is not that
big.
"We want to excite the fans, but I need exciting too. I want to be
excited."
