Squad Watch 2024/25

[Stranded]

Rushesha signs new 1 year deal.

Is that all the first team squad contracts done now?

Yep.

[Sutekh]

Rushesha signs new 1 year deal.

Is that all the first team squad contracts done now?

Yep.

Still waiting on the following I think...

Adrian AKANDE - Winger
Joseph BAROUGH - Midfielder
Boyd BEACROFT - Defender
Harrrison RHONE - Goalkeeper
Matt ROWLEY - Goalkeeper
Jack SENGA-NGOYI - Midfielder
Michael STICKLAND - Defender
Basil TUMA - Striker

[Sutekh]

Brian Carey in the Chronic talking on recruitment in last 12 months

[Snowflake Royal]

Having watched a couple of preseason games now I'm pretty happy with the squad. It's a little inexperienced still and maybe lacking top first team quality in a few areas, but the depth provided by the Academy looks brilliant.

GK: Pereira, Button, CBC
RB: Yiadom, Rushesha, Ryan, Holzman
LB: Dorsett, Osho, Garcia
CB: Mbengue, Dean
CB: Bindon, Kanu
DM: Wing, Craig, Senga
CM: Savage, Elliott
AM: Knibbs, Sackey
RF: Azeez,
LF: Ehibhatiomhan, Camara
CF: Smith, Wareham

That looks pretty strong to me. And there's a lot of players who can cover multiple positions. Fullbacks and a winger, plus a striker seem the places to strengthen if possible.

[Royals and Racers]

Bouzanis on loan to Stevenage until Jan.

[morganb]

Just wondering if this season's squad numbers were ever formally announced? Might give an idea of who is considered to be first team

[Brogue]

Just wondering if this season's squad numbers were ever formally announced? Might give an idea of who is considered to be first team

Has there been a team photo yet this year?

[Sutekh]

Just wondering if this season's squad numbers were ever formally announced? Might give an idea of who is considered to be first team

Squad nos according to the OS

Seniors

01 - Button (GK)
02 - Abrefa (DF)
03 - Dorsett (DF)
04 - Elliott (MF)
05 - Craig (MF)
06 - Dean (DF)
07 - Knibbs (MF)
08 - Savage (MF)
09 - Ehibhatiomhan (FW)
10 - Smith (FW)
11 - Azeez (FW)
14 - Rushesha (DF)
17 - Yiadom (DF)
19 - Wareham (FE)
24 - Bindon (DF)
27 - Mbengue (DF)
28 - Camara (MF)
29 - Wing (MF)
22 - Pereira (GK)
31 - Boyce-Clarke (GK)
32 - Kanu (DF)

U21s

33 - Clarke (DF)
34 - Holzman (DF)
35 - Senga-Ngoyi (MF)
37 - Akande (MF)
38 - Stickland (DF)
44 - Paul (DF)
45 - Purcell (DF)
46 - Borgnis (MF)
48 - Tuma (FW)
49 - Maragh (MF)
51 - Rowley (GK)
54 - Okine-Peters (FW)
57 - Ryan (DF)
58 - Wellens (MF)
61 - Norcott (GK)

U18s (no alloted squad #)

Mawer (GK)
Rhone (GK)
Sharlott (GK)
Ahmed (DF)
Beacroft (DF)
Duah (DF)
Field (DF)
Goulding (DF)
Gutierrez-Ramirez (DF)
Source (DF)
White (DF)
Barough (MF)
Porter-Atkinson (MF)
Spencer (MF)
Timberlake (FW)

Can't find Sackey listed on any of the squad pages and the OS still lists the likes of Collins, Giscombe, Abdel-Salam, J Clarke, B Clark, Maudner etc. who were all reported as having been released back in June.

[Snowflake Royal]

Just wondering if this season's squad numbers were ever formally announced? Might give an idea of who is considered to be first team

Squad nos according to the OS

Seniors

01 - Button (GK)
02 - Abrefa (DF)
03 - Dorsett (DF)
04 - Elliott (MF)
05 - Craig (MF)
06 - Dean (DF)
07 - Knibbs (MF)
08 - Savage (MF)
09 - Ehibhatiomhan (FW)
10 - Smith (FW)
11 - Azeez (FW)
14 - Rushesha (DF)
17 - Yiadom (DF)
19 - Wareham (FE)
24 - Bindon (DF)
27 - Mbengue (DF)
28 - Camara (MF)
29 - Wing (MF)
22 - Pereira (GK)
31 - Boyce-Clarke (GK)
32 - Kanu (DF)

U21s

33 - Clarke (DF)
34 - Holzman (DF)
35 - Senga-Ngoyi (MF)
37 - Akande (MF)
38 - Stickland (DF)
44 - Paul (DF)
45 - Purcell (DF)
46 - Borgnis (MF)
48 - Tuma (FW)
49 - Maragh (MF)
51 - Rowley (GK)
54 - Okine-Peters (FW)
57 - Ryan (DF)
58 - Wellens (MF)
61 - Norcott (GK)

U18s (no alloted squad #)

Mawer (GK)
Rhone (GK)
Sharlott (GK)
Ahmed (DF)
Beacroft (DF)
Duah (DF)
Field (DF)
Goulding (DF)
Gutierrez-Ramirez (DF)
Source (DF)
White (DF)
Barough (MF)
Porter-Atkinson (MF)
Spencer (MF)
Timberlake (FW)

Can't find Sackey listed on any of the squad pages and the OS still lists the likes of Collins, Giscombe, Abdel-Salam, J Clarke, B Clark, Maudner etc. who were all reported as having been released back in June.

That also doesn’t include Garcia or Osho, who were both on the bench so we know their numbers.

[Royals and Racers]

Dom ballard has joined Blakpool on loan for the season FFS !!

[Snowflake Royal]

Dom ballard has joined Blakpool on loan for the season FFS !!

Oh well.

[Crowbar6753]

Dom ballard has joined Blakpool on loan for the season FFS !!

That's a real shame, i was hoping he was a player we had a chance with once the takeover was complete....i guess there's plenty more fish in sea

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Stoke have had a bid for Azeez rejected according to RFC Latest

[Sutekh]

Reading's playing staff as of 15 August 2024.

Contracted until 30 June 2025

Name (age at end of current deal) > Sqd No.

Adrian AKANDE (21) - Winger
Jokull ANDRESSON (22) > 25
Femi AZEEZ (24) > 11
Joseph BAROUGH (20) - Midfielder
Boyd BEACROFT (20) - Defender
Tyler BINDON (20) > 24
Dean BOUZANIS (34) > 21 (loaned to Stevenage until January)
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE (22) > 31
David BUTTON (36) > 1
Mamadi CAMARA (21) > 28
John CLARKE (?)
Michael CRAIG (?) > 36
Harlee DEAN (33) > 6
Jerial DORSETT (23) > 20
Kelvin EHIBHATIOMHAN (22) > 15
Jacob HAMMOND-CHAMBERS-BORGNIS (20) > 46
Louie HOLZMAN - Central Defender
Abraham KANU (19) - Defender
Amadou MBENGUE (23) > 27
Jeremiah OKINE-PETERS (?)
Harrrison RHONE (21) - Goalkeeper
Matt ROWLEY (22) - Goalkeeper
Tivonge RUSHESHA (22)
Jack SENGA-NGOYI - Midfielder
Shay SPENCER (19) - Midfielder
Michael STICKLAND (22)
Basil TUMA (20)
Jayden WAREHAM - 19
Charlie WELLENS (?)
Andy YIADOM (33) > 17

Contracted until 30 June 2026

Kelvin ABREFA (20)
Ben ELLIOTT (23) > 4
Harvey KNIBBS (27) > 7
Emmanuel OSHO (19)
Sam SMITH (28) > 10
Lewis WING (31) > 29

Contracted until 30 June 2027

Kiyan COKE-MILES-SMITH (20)
Jerae JONES (20)
Charlie SAVAGE (24) > 8

Remaining youngsters that seem to have disappeared from all the end of season lists:

Blesk EKPENYONG (19) - Midfielder - possibly now with German club TSV Meerbusch?
Denim NNAMUDI (19) - Midfielder
Tom NORCOTT - Goalkeeper

Other youngster (U18) that has suddenly appeared

Jerry GARCIA (16)

Reckon there's at least 11 players (below) who are in the last year of their deals that Reading should be prioritising to get new contracts sorted for:

AZEEZ
BINDON
BOYCE-CLARKE
CAMARA
DORSETT
EHIBHATIOMHAN
MBENGUE
SENGA
TUMA
WAREHAM
WELLENS

[Clyde1998]

Just wondering if this season's squad numbers were ever formally announced? Might give an idea of who is considered to be first team

Squad nos according to the OS

Seniors

01 - Button (GK)
02 - Abrefa (DF)
03 - Dorsett (DF)
04 - Elliott (MF)
05 - Craig (MF)
06 - Dean (DF)
07 - Knibbs (MF)
08 - Savage (MF)
09 - Ehibhatiomhan (FW)
10 - Smith (FW)
11 - Azeez (FW)
14 - Rushesha (DF)
17 - Yiadom (DF)
19 - Wareham (FE)
24 - Bindon (DF)
27 - Mbengue (DF)
28 - Camara (MF)
29 - Wing (MF)
22 - Pereira (GK)
31 - Boyce-Clarke (GK)
32 - Kanu (DF)

U21s

33 - Clarke (DF)
34 - Holzman (DF)
35 - Senga-Ngoyi (MF)
37 - Akande (MF)
38 - Stickland (DF)
44 - Paul (DF)
45 - Purcell (DF)
46 - Borgnis (MF)
48 - Tuma (FW)
49 - Maragh (MF)
51 - Rowley (GK)
54 - Okine-Peters (FW)
57 - Ryan (DF)
58 - Wellens (MF)
61 - Norcott (GK)

U18s (no alloted squad #)

Mawer (GK)
Rhone (GK)
Sharlott (GK)
Ahmed (DF)
Beacroft (DF)
Duah (DF)
Field (DF)
Goulding (DF)
Gutierrez-Ramirez (DF)
Source (DF)
White (DF)
Barough (MF)
Porter-Atkinson (MF)
Spencer (MF)
Timberlake (FW)

Can't find Sackey listed on any of the squad pages and the OS still lists the likes of Collins, Giscombe, Abdel-Salam, J Clarke, B Clark, Maudner etc. who were all reported as having been released back in June.

That also doesn’t include Garcia or Osho, who were both on the bench so we know their numbers.

The team sheet from the Colchester game confirms some of these (link): Garcia is 30; Ahmed is 39; Sackey is 44; Osho is 49. Tuma's moved to 26.

Of those on Sutekh's list, Paul, Purcell and Maragh were all released in the summer.

[Clyde1998]

Eleven over 21 outfield players have been registered with the EFL - all are homegrown except Mbengue:

1. Chem Campbell
2. Harlee Dean
3. Jeriel Dorsett
4. Ben Elliott
5. Harvey Knibbs
6. Amadou Mbengue
7. Tivonge Rushesha
8. Sam Smith
9. Charlie Wellens
10. Lewis Wing
11. Andy Yiadom

Twenty-eight under 21 players (with professional contracts) are listed too (including goalkeepers):

1. Kelvin Abrefa
2. Adrian Akande
3. Joseph Barough
4. Boyd Beacroft
5. Tyler Bindon
6. Coniah Boyce-Clarke
7. Mamadi Camara
8. John Clarke
9. Kiyan Coke-Miles-Smith
10. Michael Craig
11. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
12. Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis
13. Louie Holzman
14. Jerae Jones
15. Abraham Kanu
16. Tom Norcott
17. Jeremiah Okine-Peters
18. Emmanuel Osho
19. Harrison Rhone
20. Matt Rowley
21. John Ryan
22. Tyler Sackey
23. Charlie Savage
24. Jack Senga-Ngoyi
25. Shay Spencer
26. Michael Stickland
27. Basil Tuma
28. Jayden Wareham

[traff]

With the takeover seeming no closer than it has ever been and January creeping up which of these players are we likely to lose in this years fire sale?
Contracted until 30 June 2025

Name (age at end of current deal) > Sqd No.

Adrian AKANDE (21) - Winger
Jokull ANDRESSON (22) > 25
Femi AZEEZ (24) > 11
Joseph BAROUGH (20) - Midfielder
Boyd BEACROFT (20) - Defender
Tyler BINDON (20) > 24
Dean BOUZANIS (34) > 21 (loaned to Stevenage until January)
Coniah BOYCE-CLARKE (22) > 31
David BUTTON (36) > 1
Mamadi CAMARA (21) > 28
John CLARKE (?)
Michael CRAIG (?) > 36
Harlee DEAN (33) > 6
Jerial DORSETT (23) > 20
Kelvin EHIBHATIOMHAN (22) > 15
Jacob HAMMOND-CHAMBERS-BORGNIS (20) > 46
Louie HOLZMAN - Central Defender
Abraham KANU (19) - Defender
Amadou MBENGUE (23) > 27
Jeremiah OKINE-PETERS (?)
Harrrison RHONE (21) - Goalkeeper
Matt ROWLEY (22) - Goalkeeper
Tivonge RUSHESHA (22)
Jack SENGA-NGOYI - Midfielder
Shay SPENCER (19) - Midfielder
Michael STICKLAND (22)
Basil TUMA (20)
Jayden WAREHAM - 19
Charlie WELLENS (?)
Andy YIADOM (33) > 17

[Wycombe Royal]

Femi AZEEZ (24) > 11

That's not a common name so I'm amazed we had two players with that name on our books.....

[traff]

Femi AZEEZ (24) > 11

That's not a common name so I'm amazed we had two players with that name on our books.....

I was quite surprised too.
Wouldn't put it past Dai to sell him twice

[Snowflake Royal]

Garcia is likely to get snapped up.

Bindon would be a candidate.

Probably not seen quite enough from Elliott, Craig or Savage for them to get the interest. Mbengue's a bit crazy.

CBC would probably be ideal given his issues transitioning into the first team, but unlikely.