Sunderland are poised to hand manager Roy Keane a bumper £50million summer transfer war chest to take the Black Cats onto the next level.
Keane met with Drumaville consortium members Niall Quinn, Peter Walker and Charlie Chawke on Monday and is believed to have received the reassurances he required.
"If £50million is what he needs, that's it," Chawke told the Sunderland Echo.
"He can't do it without the money and if that is the money that he needs, well then some way or other he must get it.
"It is just a matter of getting it for him and going about it in a businesslike manner.
"Roy has had a very difficult year with trying to male Premier League players out of Championship ones.
"But he has got in some good players now, and now he will get in more players to consolidate our position in the Premier League next year."
