The squad in July

[Snowflake Royal]

Big loss

People have a go at me for not admiting I'm wrong.

Poor defender.

[Snowflake Royal]

We're not exactly short at centre-back, if there is a position for us to cut costs in then this is it.

But we are short of quality at centre-back.

Not for L1

[Snowflake Royal]

Current state of play with the squad

Currently contracted as of 1 July...

1. Nelson Abbey
2. Kelvin Abrefa
3. Jokull Andresson
4. Femi Azeez
5. Dean Bouzanis
6. Andy Carroll
7. Mamadi Camará
8. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
9. Ovie Ejaria
10. Sam Hutchinson
11. Tom Holmes
12. Tom Ince - heavily linked with a cut price (£50k) move to Norwich
13. Tom McIntyre
14. Andy Yiadom

New deals offered to Hoilett (also being linked with a move to Huddersfield), Amadou Mbengue and Yakou Meite.

Club therefore currently struggling to even to get a full 18 man squad for a match day now but it'll obviously change before 5th August.

Senga (til June 24), Clarke?

John signed I thought, not sure on Jahmari.

[Hound]

Jahmari has 2 years left

[Clyde1998]

Looks like Naby Sarr has joined Qatari side almarkhiya.

I imagine we've got some money for him.

I think he looked fine once we moved to playing two centre-backs.

[Hound]

Looks like Naby Sarr has joined Qatari side almarkhiya.

I imagine we've got some money for him.

I think he looked fine once we moved to playing two centre-backs.

Be nice if we did pull in a small fee for him. Not out of the question

[Snowflake Royal]

Looks like Naby Sarr has joined Qatari side almarkhiya.

I imagine we've got some money for him.

I think he looked fine once we moved to playing two centre-backs.

Be nice if we did pull in a small fee for him. Not out of the question

Not unlikely given the reported Ince situation, his length of contract and that he can't have been on a great Championship wage.

To be honest, just not being stuck with someone for years beyond their sell by date is a step forward though.

Can only encourage Mbengue to put pen to paper too.

[NathStPaul]

Got to say the bed wetting amongst our supporters on social media is quite something.

[tidus_mi2]

Got to say the bed wetting amongst our supporters on social media is quite something.

The club is finished obviously.

[Sutekh]

Got to say the bed wetting amongst our supporters on social media is quite something.

Shouldn't be a surprise, same every close season and with every managerial appointment.

[Snowflake Royal]

Got to say the bed wetting amongst our supporters on social media is quite something.

Shouldn't be a surprise, same every close season and with every managerial appointment.

You do recognise you're joining in on here to a lesser extent right?

[Sutekh]

Yes, sorry, brain of Britain here forgot Nesta Guinness-Walker existed!

These are the players that are currently going to be contracted to Reading on 1st July:

1. Nelson Abbey
2. Kelvin Abrefa
3. Jokull Andresson
4. Femi Azeez
5. Dean Bouzanis
6. Andy Carroll
7. Mamadi Camará
8. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan
9. Ovie Ejaria
10. Nesta Guinness-Walker
11. Sam Hutchinson
12. Tom Holmes
13. Tom Ince - heavily linked with a cut price (£50k) move to Norwich
14. Tom McIntyre
15. Andy Yiadom

Additionally Hoilett (currently also linked with Huddersfield), Meite and Mbengue have all been offered new terms and we're waiting confirmation whether they'll re-sign or not.

There are a shed load of Academy players (below) but current contract details on these are sketchy at best.

u21s:

Coniah Boyce-Clarke - GK - out of contract but has been offered a new 3y deal
Harvey Collins - GK
Jahmari Clarke - FW
John Clarke - DF - out of contract but offered a new deal
Michael Craig - MF
Jeriel Dorsett - DF - out of contract but offered a new deal
Louie Holzman - DF
Kacper Kowalczyk - GK
Ben Purcell - MF
Imari Samuels - DF
Jack Senga-Ngoyi - MF
Michael Stickland - DF

u18s:

Hamid Abdul-Salam - MF
Jordan Addo-Antoine - DF
Boyd Beacroft - DF
Jacob Borgnis - MF - offered pro deal
Princewill Ehibhatiomhan - FW
Blesk Ekpenyong - MF
Ajani Giscombe - MF
Abraham Kanu - DF
Harvey Maunder - FW - offered pro deal
Junior Nkwonta - DF
Tom Norcott - GK
Jeremiah Okine-Peters - FW - offered pro deal
Sam Paul - MF
Matt Rowley - DF
Basil Tuma - MF - offered pro deal
Cayman Vickers - FW - offered pro deal

Some of the u18s will move up to the u21s but not terribly sure which at the moment. There were also the guys trialling at the end of last season, I know Carson has been offered a deal but not sure about Maragh (& Connor?). Also not sure of the names of any new intake to the u18s.

[Hound]

Good work Sutekh

[YorkshireRoyal99]

Imari Samuels left for Brighton last season didn't he? On expiry of his contract with us I think?

[morganb]

From Dellor this morning: https://twitter.com/RFCLatest/status/16 ... 5937449984

There are thought to be others with relegation clauses in their contracts alongside Tom Ince and Naby Sarr.

Do we have any idea who these players might be on the list above and also who we are likely to lose via this route (as in good enough to be wanted by another team and actually want to leave)?

[YorkshireRoyal99]

If I was to guess then I'd probably assume both Holmes and Yiadom would have signed on reduced terms knowing that there was a release clause in their contracts that allowed them a move at a cut price. I wouldn't be expecting them to be of significant value either, similar to Ince.

They are probably the only two I'd take as a Championship club anyway, whether they'd move abroad (Yiadom more likely than Holmes) is another matter though.

[Sutekh]

From Dellor this morning: https://twitter.com/RFCLatest/status/16 ... 5937449984

There are thought to be others with relegation clauses in their contracts alongside Tom Ince and Naby Sarr.

Do we have any idea who these players might be on the list above and also who we are likely to lose via this route (as in good enough to be wanted by another team and actually want to leave)?

Presuming it's anyone who signed a deal last season. Luckily only Ince and Carroll are any good though!

[Stranded]

From Dellor this morning: https://twitter.com/RFCLatest/status/16 ... 5937449984

There are thought to be others with relegation clauses in their contracts alongside Tom Ince and Naby Sarr.

Do we have any idea who these players might be on the list above and also who we are likely to lose via this route (as in good enough to be wanted by another team and actually want to leave)?

Presuming it's anyone who signed a deal last season. Luckily only Ince and Carroll are any good though!

Yep, I would work on the assumption that players only signed multi year deals if there was a clause in there allowing them to leave for free/set fee if we dropped. Am including players who extended as well in this.

[Elm Park Kid]

Tbh I don't think the relegation clauses are that meaningful. I don't think anyone is going to get a better contact elsewhere.

[Stranded]

Tbh I don't think the relegation clauses are that meaningful. I don't think anyone is going to get a better contact elsewhere.

I would suggest Naby Sarr begs to differ.