DONE DEAL - Mathieu Manset

[coyrls]

Photo on the official site. That was indeed the person I saw!

[bigmike]

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~2273135,00.html

[Ferris]

Very pleased with this. Most excited I've been about a new signing for a long time, no idea why either! Most be his huge cock as mentioned by others

[PremAddict]

Good news!!!! Now let's hope that he does well.

[Platypuss]

"The signing has initially gone through as a loan deal to make Mathieu eligible to play for the club in tomorrow's home game against Hull City. The formalities of the permanent deal will be processed on Monday morning and his contract at Madejski Stadium will run until the summer of 2013. Manset will wear squad number 45. "

Seems like a surprisingly short contract for a young player.

[leww_rfc]

Brilliant signing, and he can play tomorrow, great stuff!

[Ferris]

Been tracking him since 2008 apparently!

[Alan Partridge]

Been tracking him since 2008 apparently!

Yeah right.

[RoyalJames101]

McDermott must surely be thinking of starting him tomorrow? Otherwise why would they make it a loan deal for now and not just wait until Monday?

Very impressed by the club this window, now just to hold on to our own players and the only way is up.

[papereyes]

I'll just leave this here.

What a load of bollocks....but I'm not surprised by Mr'ism himself posting it.

Why doesn't the artical talk about Gerrard or Keane only being talked about in terms of their power and desire, or why Henry of Ronaldinhio were/are so admired for their grace and balance?

Back to the lad Manset though, I like the sound of him. He's the kind of player we need to add a different option to the samey front line we already have.

Why was van Basten a swan and Essien a bison? Because Essien is about twice as wide.

There's a point and I think he at least bothers to bring in Latino players and other sports. But still. Basic argument - Balotelli *is* “powerful”, “strong”, and “muscular”. They're his big strengths and he can't help that.

There's also a point in the language used defines what we're seeing and experiencing. But still.

[Platypuss]

Very impressed by the club this window, now just to hold on to our own players and the only way is up.

Shhhhhhhhhh!!! Still 10 days to go!

[Kitson12]

Manset and Long upfront for tomorrow please MaccyD

[PremAddict]

McDermott must surely be thinking of starting him tomorrow? Otherwise why would they make it a loan deal for now and not just wait until Monday?

Very impressed by the club this window, now just to hold on to our own players and the only way is up.

I read that and thought is was weird. Going from L2 to C'hip - I would've thought he'd at least get some reserve team matches under his belt first but maybe Noel won't be part of the starting 11 tomorrow.

[papereyes]

Manset.

Oh I get it.

[leww_rfc]

Manset and Long upfront for tomorrow please MaccyD

Think it will be with Hunt struggling with an injury!

[Kitson12]

McDermott must surely be thinking of starting him tomorrow? Otherwise why would they make it a loan deal for now and not just wait until Monday?

Very impressed by the club this window, now just to hold on to our own players and the only way is up.

I read that and thought is was weird. Going from L2 to C'hip - I would've thought he'd at least get some reserve team matches under his belt first but maybe Noel won't be part of the starting 11 tomorrow.

According to the OS Noel is a doubt for tomorrow.

[Scrappy]

"The signing has initially gone through as a loan deal to make Mathieu eligible to play for the club in tomorrow's home game against Hull City. The formalities of the permanent deal will be processed on Monday morning and his contract at Madejski Stadium will run until the summer of 2013. Manset will wear squad number 45. "

Seems like a surprisingly short contract for a young player.

Does this also mean that if he gets crippled tomorrow, his loan can be terminated and we don't have to sign him permanently?

[Platypuss]

No one else surprised it's just a 2 and a half year deal?

[loyalroyalsam]

aaaah im soo happy this has gone through! i reckon he will bring something fresh to the team

Long and Manset, upfront tommorow?

[andrew1957]

I said earlier that I did not think there was a chance he would play tomorrow but had forgotten that Hunt might be out.

Looks like Manset will be on the bench or else we would not have bothered with the loan deal bit. Really looking forward to seeing his debut tomorrow now. Not sure why but have good feelings about this signing.