Deniss Rakels has completed his move to Reading, signing a two and a half year contract. Twenty three year old Rakels is a Latvian International striker who arrives at Reading from the Polish top flight side Caracovia. He has 15 caps for his country. Rakels is in top form right now having already scored 15 goals so far this season in Polish football. Reading will be hoping he is a better fit than Orlando Sa who arrived in the summer for a short stay before departing this week.
Meanwhile Paolo Hurtado, another failed summer signing, has departed Reading to Portugal on a six month loan. Hurtado joins Vitoria Guimares until the end of the season. The Peru International player made just a single league cup start for the Royals. In the league he appeared off the bench five times but hasn't appeared for the Royals in any competition since November 2015.
Deniss Rakels Transfer Goes Through
From the Discussion
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RU RustyRoyal 19 Jan 2016 · 4:16pm
Apparently we pulled out of the Washingston deal to sign this guy. 23, 26 in 61 for Cracovia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5M7iJsMbLA
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BL bluerinse 19 Jan 2016 · 4:30pm
He is Latvian but plays in the Polish League. I would have thought with a question mark against the last player we signed from the Polish League (Orlando Sa ) we should be wary of the standard of players coming out of that league.
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PI PistolPete 19 Jan 2016 · 4:42pm
Makes absolutely no sense at all.
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TO Tommio 19 Jan 2016 · 5:16pm
Fee is only €500,000 perhaps we'll get him and someone else rather than Washington for £3m
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LW LWJ 19 Jan 2016 · 5:36pm
Looks a bit :| on the video
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OI Oilroyal 19 Jan 2016 · 5:39pm
I think the Thais can do one. Not impressed by us pulling out of the Wickham deal for this guy. The tweet from the Posh chairman says all I need to know. This is gonna end ugly with the Thais. http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/latvian-striker-deniss-rakels-linked-10758909
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CH CholseyRoyal 19 Jan 2016 · 5:40pm
Going by comments on Twitter, this seems like an owner's choice, not Brian's :(
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RO RoyalJames101 19 Jan 2016 · 5:41pm
Wickham? :roll: What's to say McDermott wasn't in agreement with the Thais that we should waste all of our budget on an unproven League 1 strikers who has had one decent run? No one had even heard of the kid last week :lol:
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OI Oilroyal 19 Jan 2016 · 5:43pm
Sorry Washington.. Just a bit FuKced off right now.
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RB Royal Bison 19 Jan 2016 · 5:49pm
What exactly has Sa done wrong?
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AN andrew1957 19 Jan 2016 · 6:19pm
To be fair to the owners if I were them and as the chance of promotion is now so remote, I would favour a 500K risk over a 3M pound risk. Save the rest from the Blackman sale to help the summer overhaul. Washington is not proven and so is just as much a risk at Championship level as Rakels and who knows Rakels might turn out to be better. So if true I am in for this signing. As for Sa it is all very mysterious. He looked ok to start with, but it sounds like for whatever reason he is unhappy and wants to go. Rather sad but most of SC's signings are beginning to look like a car crash (Quinn and McShane excepted).
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BL bluerinse 19 Jan 2016 · 7:19pm
Have a Polish friend in Reading who supports Legia Warsaw. He says according to Legias website they have agreed a fee of 500 euros with Cracovia for Rakels and he has agreed terms with them. Either Reading have come in very late on this one, or it is not going to happen.