Reading have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Orjan Nyland who arrives to replace Arsenal loan keeper Karl Hein who has returned to his club after injury.
Nyland arrives on a short term contract until the end of the season after leaving Bournemouth earlier this year. He made 3 appearances for the Cherries this season - one game in each of the League Cup, FA Cup and Championship. His first appearance of the season saw him conceede six times away at Premier League Norwich City. Despite limited domestic football, Nyland has played four World Cup qualifiers this season for Norway, keeping two clean sheets in the process.
Nyland's previous clubs include Aston Villa where he spent two and a half years and made 28 league starts for the club. However he found opportunities limited after the end of the 2019/2020 season and played just once for Villa in the 2020/2021 season.
Goalkeeper Nyland Signs Until End Of Season
From the Discussion
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PA PATRIQT 10 Mar 2022 · 3:21pm
Another keeper. Don't worry about the defence, the defence is fine. https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2022/march/10/-rjan-nyland-signs-short-term-deal-with-the-royals/
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NA NathStPaul 10 Mar 2022 · 3:25pm
Southwood isn't up to the job, signing makes sense.
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HO Hound 10 Mar 2022 · 3:31pm
Fine. He’s tall which helps
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GE genome 10 Mar 2022 · 3:35pm
Much better signing than Hein ever was
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PT Pepe the Horseman 10 Mar 2022 · 3:36pm
On paper he's a decent signing. Although just had this from my Villa supporting m8 :lol:
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ZI Zip 10 Mar 2022 · 3:36pm
Yep decent signing.
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ST Stranded 10 Mar 2022 · 3:41pm
Find very little to complain about with this signing. Experience in the Premier League, Championship, Bundesliga and in European football. 33 caps for Norway including being the #1 for the last 5 WC qualifiers. Would struggle to find a better keeper available as a free agent at this stage of a season. Could be a very shrewd signing (or total crap).
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HO Hound 10 Mar 2022 · 3:42pm
Flicking through his wiki page etc it’s about as good a signing as we could hope for on paper 200 odd games experience and played in the champ and prem
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PA PATRIQT 10 Mar 2022 · 3:43pm
That gives me the Simon Shephard's.
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FD From Despair To Where? 10 Mar 2022 · 3:44pm
As Ince pointed out in an interview, we can only sign free transfers which means by and large for outfield players, they've been without a club for 6 months so won't be match ready until after Easter.
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SA Sanguine 10 Mar 2022 · 3:55pm
Fwiw Nyland was in goal for Villa on the day goal-line technology failed and screwed over Sheff Utd.
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SA Sanguine 10 Mar 2022 · 3:56pm
Do agree with this but it also leaves me wondering how players like this end up without a club. How has he not really been an option for anyone? He's played eight league games in nearly three years (and six times for Norway in that period).