Source: SKY_Sports
Quinn vows to stay
Niall Quinn has promised to remain at the Stadium of Light next season but he admits some players may look to leave if Sunderland lose their relegation battle.
The Black Cats' fate will be decided on Sunday after they slipped to a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Portsmouth earlier in the week.
They remain in control of their own destiny ahead of their final day clash with Chelsea and Quinn concedes it would be devastating to finish in the bottom three.
But the chairman insists he is as committed as ever to the club and would be prepared to spend money to win immediate promotion from the Championship.
"I don't like thinking or talking negatively but if we do go down then it will be a huge, demoralising blow," Quinn told The Independent.
"There will be players who do not want to play in that division (the Championship). But I'll definitely be staying and we'll be pushing to invest to get straight back up."
Quinn has also praised manager Ricky Sbragia, whose future remains a subject of speculation, for leading the club through a difficult campaign.
He said: "It's been one hell of a battle since Christmas. Ricky Sbragia came in and his first game was away at Manchester United.
"The players put on a fantastic defensive performance and were beaten in injury time. Ricky's next game was away as well, at Hull, and if we'd lost that we were bottom of the league, in West Brom's boots.
"But we won, Ricky got us going and some of our fans were singing about Europe. But we knew then that it was all about getting over the line. The players' confidence dropped and we stopped scoring goals.
"But the thing that has given me most encouragement in the last two matches is that we've arguably been the better team in both.
"And we have to concentrate on ourselves, not worry about others, and hopefully we can get a famous victory against Chelsea on Sunday."
