SCIAGHendo Interesting read on Greg Halford and his autism diagnosis.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68617366His Premier League break came at Reading, becoming their record signing in January 2007.
However, a first transfer was always going to be tricky.
"It was the first move to Reading where I'd finish training and I'd literally go home after that - I didn't want to go into the cafeteria, I didn't want to have lunch, I didn't want to chat with people," Halford remembers.
"Ultimately that was the reason I was sold from Reading because they told me that I didn't fit in personality wise, which was tough. But it was something that I learned from."
Reading's then director of football Nicky Hammond said at the time that Halford hadn't made the impact he and the club would have liked and that "players do move on quite quickly if it's felt that the fit isn't quite right".
"This is absolutely no reflection on Greg as a person or a player and he has been a very good professional during his short time with us," Hammond added.
And people say players aren’t relatable any more.
Nothing to do with the drug taking, then ?
