by Stranded »
22 Jun 2023 08:22
Royal_jimmy RG30 Former Southampton manager Rubén Sellés has agreed to take charge of Reading to oversee their attempt to return to the Championship following relegation last season.
The Spaniard, 40, has been in talks this week over becoming the successor to Paul Ince, who was sacked in April with Noel Hunt seeing out the campaign as interim manager at the Madejski Stadium.
An agreement has been reached between club and manager, with the deal at the paperwork stage before an announcement is made. His arrival will be subject to work-permit approval, which was granted by the Football Association when he was appointed at St Mary’s.
While at the south-coast club, Sellés earned wins against Chelsea and Leicester City to raise hopes of survival but they were the only victories during his tenure. One of his team’s best performances was at Arsenal but conceding two late goals meant they could only draw 3-3.
After relegation was confirmed, Sellés revealed his disappointment at not being able to turn around results after taking over from Nathan Jones in February.
“You saw an identity, you saw a team that wants to play together,” he said. “I tried to put everything every time with this sort of mentality and in that part I did my best and that’s the reality.”
Sellés will join a club who have the threat of a second EFL points deduction in 18 months hanging over them. They have been charged with failing to pay their players on time and in full on three occasions last season, for the October, November and April wage bill.
Owner Dai Yongge has also been charged with causing the club to be in breach of EFL regulations.
It has been announced that Yakou Meite has left the club after turning down a new contract, while Romania international George Puscas has turned his loan to Genoa into a permanent deal.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/06/21/ex-southampton-boss-ruben-selles-set-to-take-reading-job/
No, NO!!!
Ffs
Have you actually looked at how the bloke has built his career, pretty much constantly in an upward direction - has generally been poached by clubs higher up the food chain and in his time has been a specialist fitness coach, data analyst before moving into the assistant coach role - it is an impressive climb - it absolutely does not mean he will be successful here, more likely he will fail but most managers will fail at our shell of a club at the mo. However, looking at his record objectively, the skills he is likely to bring to the table matching absolute gaps that we have had for years there is reason to be optimistic about this appointment -if it happens.
I say this fully expecting him to be gone in December when we sit 23rd following a 12 point deduction because that is just the way the club works these days.