The Latest Reading FC Transfer News for 2021- 2022
Historical Transfer News and Team Gossip has been archived below:
- Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:57:55 +0000: Reading reveal they lost £21m in relegation season - BBC Sport
Reading lost over £20m and spent more on wages than they made in income in 2022-23, according to accounts submitted a year late. - Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:24:17 +0000: Yongge disqualified & told to sell Reading by April - BBC Sport
Reading owner Dai Yongge is given a deadline of 4 April to sell the club after he was disqualified under the EFL's Owners' and Directors' Test. - Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:13:42 +0000: Football fan who threw bottle banned from matches - BBC Sport
Jordan Clarkson, from Berkshire, will not be able to attend matches for three years after the ban. - Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:52:58 +0000: Record-breaking manager named BBC awards judge - BBC Sport
Steve Coppell is judging the Active category and wants to see nominations from all parts of society. - Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:04:33 +0000: 'Make us a club again', plea football fans - BBC Sport
Reading FC has been up for sale for more than 500 days.
Newly promoted Reading have been scouting out many possible additions to their squad for next season with manager Brian McDermott having a large number of possible targets he wishes to bring to the Madjeski for the season kick off in August. The Royals manager has stated he would like to reinforce in all departments for next season with a mixture of new and experienced players.
Reading have just offered a contract to up and coming high flying goal keeper Stuart Taylor after the player
enjoyed a successful trial spell at the club in recent weeks. The Royals have been looking for a long term replacement in the goal keeping department for some time and look set to make Taylor the man to do the job as long as the club and the player can agree personal terms before the season kicks off.
Goal keeper Mikkel Anderson looks like he will be heading in the other direction to Portsmouth this summer after the club decided they wished to sign Taylor to replace him and Pompey manager Appleton is extremely keen on the young goal keeper. The southern club have offered to take the player on loan for the season but Reading seem coy on this idea as they would much prefer to dispense with his services on a permanent deal but as of yet both clubs are unable to reach an agreement on the situation so the drama continues.
Young Watford starlet Adrian Mariappa is the first signing of the summer for the Royals as he has just arrived on a three year deal from the London club. The talented Jamaican international central defender is a great addition to the Royals squad and McDermott believes the player will offer them a new dimension in the heart of their defence for next season.
Another player who looks all set to arrive at the Madjeski this summer is Nottingham Forest full back Chris Gunter who has been a long term target of the club for some time. The Welsh international has been out of favour at Forest for the better part of last season and now is keen and excited to the prospect of life in the premier league and the deal looks all set to go through within the next couple of weeks as long as the player agrees personal terms and passes the clubs medical.
In recent weeks there has been growing speculation that the Royals have been enquiring about gaining the services of Jermain Defoe from Tottenham after the striker endured a bit part season last year for his home club. Defoes chances in the first team were extremely limited and now the striker may look elsewhere to ply his trade if talks with the club break down this summer which will leave the door right open for the Royals to bring the player to the Madjeski.
