Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez has handed a huge vote of confidence to goalkeeper Kasey Keller ahead of Sunday’s match against Portsmouth.

Fulham manager Lawrie Sanchez will hand new goalkeeper Kasey Keller a debut in the Premier League clash at Aston Villa today.

Veteran goalkeeper Kasey Keller has joined Fulham.

Mido celebrated his Middlesbrough debut by helping the Teessiders to their first points of the season with an equaliser that will cause Tony Warner plenty of sleepless nights.

Antti Niemi remains sidelined with his wrist injury, so Tony Warner will start in goal for the third match in succession as Fulham host Middlesbrough in the Barclays Premier League tomorrow.

FULHAM manager Lawrie Sanchez hailed striker David Healy after his goal helped the Cottagers come from behind to beat Bolton 2-1.

Fulham 2 Bolton 1

Lawrie Sanchez has admitted he may have been hasty in accusing Arsenal of simulation during their Barclays Premier League opener.

Antti Niemi has had an MRI scan on his wrist injury and has been told there is no damage, apart from bruising.

SO there is life after Thierry Henry.

Arsene Wenger believes today’s dramatic first-day victory over Fulham could already have been a turning point in Arsenal’s season.

Arsenal 2 Fulham 1

Portsmouth 1 Fulham 0

Norwich 1 Ipswich 1

Steed Malbranque made a return to Fulham and was in the Tottenham starting XI for the Barclays Premiership clash at Craven Cottage.

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has included striker Vincenzo Montella in his squad for the awkward FA Cup clash with Leicester.

Tottenham manager Martin Jol has moved to freshen up his squad by bringing in young Sunderland goalkeeper Ben Alnwick and promising teenage midfielder Adel Taarabt from Lens.

SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane was a busy man on the second day of the January transfer window, signing Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Carlos Edwards and Hungary goalkeeper Marton Fulop for a combined £2 million (€2.9m).

Tottenham today agreed a loan deal with French club Lens to bring in midfielder Adel Taarabt, with Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli describing the 17-year-old as “one of the best talents in Europe for his age”.

Fulham face an anxious wait for news on the extent of the neck damage suffered by Antti Niemi in yesterday’s goalless Barclays Premiership draw with Watford.

Leeds failed to make home advantage pay as relegation rivals Hull ground out a potentially priceless Coca-Cola Championship point at Elland Road.

Leeds have been fined £2,000 (€2,980) for breaching Football League rules on loan players.

Leeds have admitted they broke Football League rules by fielding six loan players in last month’s game at Burnley.

Leeds 0 Sunderland 3

Leeds 0 Sunderland 3

Leeds 0 Wolves 1

Fulham boss Chris Coleman has hinted at further moves into the transfer market when the window opens again in January.

Fulham have announced the signing of goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka from Shakhtar Donetsk on loan until the end of the season.

Leeds have signed Charlton goalkeeper Stephan Andersen on a season-long loan.

Liverpool 5 Fulham 1

Liverpool’s much-maligned strikers found their scoring touch as the Anfield men stopped the rot with a win that maintains their bid for the runners-up spot in the Barclays Premiership.

Fulham 0 Arsenal 4

Champions Chelsea moved another step closer to retaining their Premiership title with a gritty 2-1 win at West Brom.

Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi, who missed last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at Bolton after damaging his hamstring in the pre-match warm-up, has failed to recover in time for tomorrow’s home Barclays Premiership clash with Arsenal.

Bolton 2 Fulham 1

ANTTI NIEMI has completed his transfer from Southampton to Fulham. The Premiership club are believed to have paid around £1m (€1.46m) for the 33-year-old Finnish goalkeeper, who has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at Craven Cottage.

Antti Niemi has completed his transfer from Southampton to Fulham.

Antti Niemi has passed a medical at Fulham and is on the verge of completing his £1m (€1.46m)-plus move from Coca-Cola Championship side Southampton.

Manchester United look set to take their transfer window spending past the £10m (€14.5m) mark with the capture of French defender Patrice Evra from Monaco.

BIRMINGHAM have signed former England striker Chris Sutton from Celtic after making an unsuccessful attempt to sign his old Parkhead team-mate Henrik Larsson from Barcelona last week.

Fulham 2 Sunderland 1

Fulham hope to have Papa Bouba Diop back from injury for their home clash with rock-bottom Sunderland tomorrow.

Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop remains unavailable for tomorrow’s clash with Aston Villa after failing to recover from his ankle injury.