Wallace grateful to Keane for reprieve

SUNDERLAND winger Ross Wallace has thanked manager Roy Keane for the chance to fight his way off the transfer list.

The 23-year-old Scot looked to be on his way out of the Stadium of Light in January when he was made available in the same week as a knee injury sidelined him for three months.

Indeed, the club went as far as accepting an offer for him from Preston earlier this month. However, Wallace rejected the opportunity to drop back down to the Coca-Cola Championship and has since proved himself to such an extent that, like midfielder Liam Miller, he has persuaded Keane to remove his name from the list.