Reading are looking to significantly strengthen the spine of the team with moves for a striker, midfielder and central defender being planned.
What options they go for will be dictated by whoever is running the club.
Midfielder
Strongly linked with a move for Jordon Mutch
Striker
No bids have been made for Scott Hogan but informal talks with Brentford have happened to assess what sort of area any package would need to be in to get him
There is also, apparently, a possibility of Reading getting a loan of an Argentine striker who currently holds an EU passport. Believe Reading4eva raised a "bloke down the pub" thread in this very forum recently which some were quick to dismiss. Perhaps there might actually be something in Monterrey's Rogelio Funes Mori after all...
Defender
No ideas who in this area but is certainly something the club need to do as there is no real cover for McShane and Moore. Cooper is inexperienced and prone to cock ups this season. Dont get me wrong he is a good player but really needs to benefit from playing regular games out on loan. Berg really is just alarming as a centre back despite being able to do a job there. Lastly Stam apparently sees Blackett as a left back
so again would only be used as cover.On top of all that I would also suggest Reading need to look at the long term keeper situation.
