Hunt looking like he is on his way at last. (Daily Mail ) Happy with £3.5m. Hopefully we can add to the squad once Hunt has gone. Stephen Hunt is talking to Portsmouth over a £3.5m move after they agreed a one year deal with defender Steve Finnan. Reading have dropped their asking price for Hunt as ...

Glen has impressed pre-season and been offered a contract with the Blades.

So he will be back...just not in Reading colours

Rumours are few and far between at the moment so this one in the Daily Star is worth noting. boss Alan Pardew has admitted failure in his bid to keep Reading and Swansea target Grzegorz Rasiak, 30, at St Mary’s. The Poland international player impressed Pardew on Saturday when he netted two goals in...

Bid accepted from Preston - £300k.

End of thread.

Looks good but some of those tackles! Going to cost us about a million pounds if this extract is right. Translated from Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið: Celtic target forced to decline trial offer Sölvi Ottesen has been forced to reject the chance to join Celtic on a trial after his club forbid him...

So much for reporting Reading to the Football League. Watford Observers says Watford are still considering whether to report Reading to the Football League over comments made by former Hornets' boss Brendan Rodgers regarding Tommy Smith. Rodgers claimed last week Smith wanted to join the Royals but ...

Local rag up here in Sheffield (The Star) confirms that Smith has rejected the Blades and is apparently training with Reading!!! Meanwhile, United are battling to resurrect their move for Tommy Smith after failing to agree personal terms with the Watford midfielder. Smith, who is reportedly training...

Fantasy six

Class player who could do a job anywhere on the left.

BUT I can't see us forking out the £2 or £3m fee that this player would command even if we sold Hunt for the same amount.

Probably just agent talk to whip up a bit of interest.

His statement that we overspent is revealing. I do not recall our chairman ever using that word before in interviews. Cutting our cloth is one thing but this sounds more fundamental. This makes the need to move Hunt on even more critical. Brendan may not be able to bring in the players he wants unti...

We are skint - now official from Sir JM in the EP today. We overspent last year apparently (Doyle & Hunt's wages probably). Plus Hammond says we have not put in a further bid for Smith. He is not ruling it out but is looking at other (presumably cheaper) options. All the hype sounding rather hol...

An excellent prospect.

Let us hope he is looking to fill the wide berth on the left and this means Hunt is on his way.

I gather the lad can play left back or on the wing. Would be surprised if he was ahead of Armstrong.

We have already made an offer according to the local Watford rag. Quote their chair: They have made a derisory offer which I am not interested in,” said the chairman, who also branded Reading’s valuation of the 17-goal striker “insulting” and added that he had “no desire” to sell Watford’s leading a...

Smith has to be worth more than £750k. If you believe the Actim stats he was the second best player in the Championship last year. Hopefully, the initial bid is a bit of astute bargaining to ensure we spend no more than we have to. The £1.5m figure looks reasonable and I'd be very disappointed if we...

Flush Reading to launch Forest striker swoop? By Forest Wednesday, 1st July 2009 Nathan Tyson is a target for the Royals according to reports in Berkshire on Wednesday night With Kevin Doyle having been sold to Wolves for a whopping £6.5m, Reading have money to spend and strikers to sign. Watford fo...

The Chronic seem to have got it wrong... Jimmy Russo blasts Royals "derisory" offer for Tommy Smith 9:01pm Wednesday 1st July 2009 Comments (1) Have your say » By Anthony Matthews » Jimmy Russo has reacted angrily to suggestions that Watford star Tommy Smith is on the verge of being sold t...

OK no great surprise but the Watford Observer is reporting: But fee below those already rejected by Hornets 6:26pm Wednesday 1st July 2009 Comments (1) Have your say » By Anthony Matthews » Brendan Rodgers is set to win the race to sign Tommy Smith, it is being reported tonight. The Reading Chronicl...

The trouble is Hunt appears to going nowhere.....

Smith and Priskin linked to us in the the Daily Star today

Micheal Manicienne to Reading on loan according to the News of the World today.

Probably nicked the rumour off here.