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Mon 04 Apr 2007Keane intent on making 'a mark'SOCCER:Sunderland and Birmingham City both secured instant returns to the English Premiership yesterday due to Derby County's defeat at Crystal Palace and Sunderland, in the words of their manager Roy Keane, are now intent on making "a mark" in the top division of English football.Keane is likely to be given around £25m for players, with Sunderland's chairman, Niall Quinn, saying that his manager's ultimate ambition is to turn the Wearside club into "an amazing force again - I don't think he'll settle until he's done that".