Been loosely told a few weeks a go that Dai Yongges sister stormed out of a meeting and is no longer part of the process, which would make sense that the goalposts have since moved.

No idea who she was frustrated at, Dai or the bidders but it’s all gone to pot since she left the negotiations.

Down to 1750 loyalty points and a gold legacy status. Will be interesting to see if this is the harshest criteria this season.

If the wages are being paid from CNY or CNH bank accounts into a GBP bank account then only the bank custodians can perform these rather than an open market FX so if it is a weekend or bank holiday then this does sounds plausible for the delay, however these currencies being restricted is well known...

The Lescott one at the time the club were particularly annoyed with. It was a double deal with Seol, both had agreed terms but only Seol turned up to sign. Jagielka was another one. He had agreed terms to the next year and went to Everton instead. Brown never wanted to come and we ended up with Emer...

Royal_jimmy Ince's subs won us a point yesterday.

João must start v Brum

to be honest he didn't really any choice but to get to 4 4 2. What yesterdays subs said is that Ince doesn't trust NGW in a defensive role, and if Mbengue is injured then I can see Ince starting 5 3 2 on Friday again

4-5-1.

Dann and the Italian start

Reading have submitted their squads for the remainder of the season to the FL Senior Squad ⋅ BOUZANIS, Dean ⋅ CARROLL, Andy ⋅ CASADEI, Cesare ⋅ DANN, Scott ⋅ EJARIA, Ovie ⋅ FORNAH, Tyrese ⋅ GUINNESS-WALKER, Nesta ⋅ HEND...

There’s more to the Ejaria story than him refusing to come on at Hull which really peed Ince off. If Ince doesn’t trust him, he’s a high earner and taking up a squad spot we desperately need. Only problem is we are a capacity of loans at the moment so not quite sure whether a loan is on the cards o...

There’s more to the Ejaria story than him refusing to come on at Hull which really peed Ince off. If Ince doesn’t trust him, he’s a high earner and taking up a squad spot we desperately need. Only problem is we are a capacity of loans at the moment so not quite sure whether a loan is on the cards of...

Heard a very loose rumour that if England win tonight, apparently championship clubs have the option to move sat 10th games to 12:30 to allow fans to get to watch the England game at 19:00

Just seen the sky highlights and we had the two best clear cut chances of the game, yes they hit the post but that would have been an outrageous fluke. the other chances they had-if you can call them that- were blocked, did Lumley have a serious save to make? Deserved winners. The offside goal, in ...

Understand Sarr starts and McIntyre at left wing back

Not surprised the players were a big leggy. Understand the Blackburn game was the largest collective output in 4 years! Makes sense considering the players questioned Pauno a lot about intensity in training and games

I think there’s more legs in this than we think. If we are now in a position where we need to shift one to get another in Joao could be one who we could get a decent fee for, large wages off the book and then get two in for him. We aren’t getting a left back unless we move someone out after Puscas

Been told Puscas flew to Italy on Friday so would expect him to have had his medical already

Long got a knee in the back against West Ham so should be fit for Saturday. Dann still has a calf injury which kept him out at the end of last season so no idea when we will see him again

NathStPaul

gazzer, loyal royal Hearing the Long deal is agreed with everyone and due to be signed in next 24-48 hours. Hold on

Thanks Gazzer, you're always on the button and first with the news.

Tbf it’s not my normal source but I think it’s good

Hearing the Long deal is agreed with everyone and due to be signed in next 24-48 hours. Hold on

Different source to normal so not as clear cut but the Long deal is agreed, waiting for EFL ratification and contracts to be signed.

Don’t shoot the messenger if wrong

The Moore injury isn’t a new one, he’s been playing with it for a while and it’s part of the reasoning why he lost the captaincy.

Anyway as much as Bowen says the door may still be open, Mr Dai won’t be letting him play for the club again.