RUMOUR: Gaël Kakuta

[Row Z Royal]

http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=91332&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Deliberately ignored.

[Row Z Royal]

He's played for Chelsea this weekend and you think we can get him. I'll have a pint of what you're drinking.

I said it's a figment of my imagination.

[Deathy]

It still made it there.

[Plymouth_Royal]

I have heard in the past from Reading sources that Lyskov was one of our big hopes for the future.

He seems to have upped and left. Does anyone know what the rules are regarding under 18 players that have been in the Academy for years. Surely they must be tied to the club in some way as otherwise there would not be all this hassle over Kakuta and Chelsea, but it does seem odd to me that would just let a really promising player like Lyskov walk away.

Can anyone shed light on this? I assume we would get compensation if he signs elsewhere under the player under 24 rule.

He accepted me on facebook and had a quick 'i watched you play once' chat with him on there, seems like he decided football wasn't by the 'love for the game and nothing else' he thought it was, and kinda stopped playing to follow a 'real' career as such. Plus judging by his pictures hes put on a few pounds

Tommy Lyskov left chelsea, returned to us and then decided to go to lougborough university to study a degree. I've heard he's quite a clever lad and if he thinks he can do more with his brain than his feet then fair play to him. His brother Nicholas is in our academy though, but I don't know much about him.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

haven't heard anything from my source but i think Kakuta may have been one of the ones Rodgers went it for during the international break

With Drogba out with a broken rib was bad timing and probs now won't get him at all after yesterdays showing