Ex Players

[Sutekh]

Looking it up, perhaps a bit harsh on our signings.

Left in 2020/21 (That long ago!?)

Transfers in
Laurent, Ejaria (turned out a bit disastrously, but hard to predict), Camara, Onen, Luzon

Loans in
Gibson, Semedo, Esteves

So only really Ejaria competing for Holsgrove's position.

Wiki has Holsgrove as sold for undisclosed, rather than released. Believe as you will.

It was September 2020 when he left after looking really quite good in preseason but then the club had Swift, Ejaria and Laurent and Paunovich was giving everyone the false dawn at the time so he was never going to get a chance of the 1st team.

[Hound]

I seem to remember he came out to pretty much nowhere (but like Garcia and Kanu) to play a big role in preseason, scored a great free kick and I think we all thought he might make an impact for us

I think he was quite keen to go abroad and we probably didn’t hold him back too much. At the time I was a bit disappointed as there was some ability there

Nice to see him doing well. Tbf looking at his stats he only really seems to have got going in the last couple of years - he’s not far off being 26 so I doubt many teams in the uk would have had the patience to stay with him for that long

[Dirk Gently]

I seem to remember he came out to pretty much nowhere (but like Garcia and Kanu) to play a big role in preseason, scored a great free kick and I think we all thought he might make an impact for us

I think he was quite keen to go abroad and we probably didn’t hold him back too much. At the time I was a bit disappointed as there was some ability there

Nice to see him doing well. Tbf looking at his stats he only really seems to have got going in the last couple of years - he’s not far off being 26 so I doubt many teams in the uk would have had the patience to stay with him for that long

Yep, one thing this club has always been good at is letting young players move on if they're not likely to get game time because of competition for places. It's a very fair and enlightened thing to do - unlike other clubs who will hang onto players and either send them out on pointless loans at lower levels or have them rotting in the reserves. Michail Antonio is another perfect example.

It's one of the differentiators that's noticed and appreciated by young players and their parents when deciding which Academy to sign for.

[Brogue]

might we get some sort of sell on fee? would be nice.

[Sutekh]

might we get some sort of sell on fee? would be nice.

Should have had 4 already if it’s a thing… Reading to Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo to Pacos de Ferreira, Pacos de Ferreira to Olympiacos and Olympiacos to Estoril.