Full-back Bridge is being linked with a move away from Manchester City in January after falling out of favour with boss Roberto Mancini. Keane is also struggling to cement a place in the Tottenham first team and is expected to move on in the transfer window, and both players have been linked with the Potters. But Coates insists neither player's name has come up during discussions with City boss Tony Pulis. "No, there's nothing in that," Coates said. "Certainly Tony has not mentioned it to me so I would be very surprised if he did." On Keane he added: "Anyone would be interested in Keane, but we think we are pretty well covered in that department. So I am not expecting that to be the case, but you keep your options open. That is the secret."
