THE sale of Reading's training ground to Wycombe Wanderers has been put on hold after it emerged that planning limitations do not allow another club to use the grounds.
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READING have confirmed they are in exclusive talks with Wycombe Wanderers about the sale of their £50m Bearwood Park training ground.
AS manager of League One Reading, Ruben Selles has one of the toughest jobs in the Football League. On Episode #60 of the TGG Podcast, in association with Hudl, he explained what it's like to lead the crisis club.
RUBEN SELLES has revealed he uses a psychologist for both himself and his family because of the “ugly” side of football management.
ASSISTANT Manager Andrew Sparkes and Director of Player Development Eddie Niedzwiecki have been made redundant by Reading as part of ongoing cost-cutting by the club.
READING have sent redundancy letters to between 17 and 20 staff this week, with more than a third of them working in the Academy, TGG understands.
READING have been promoted back to Category One Academy status after being demoted last summer.
READING have applied to return to Category One Academy status and are confident of regaining their licence before the start of next season.
READING'S Academy, which was once held up as a flagship for youth development, has been demoted to Category Two for the coming season.
FORMER Tottenham Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has joined Reading in the same role.
MARK BOWEN has returned to Reading in his fifth different role, this time as Head of Football Operations.
ANTHONY FERGUSON has left AFC Wimbledon to become Head of Coaching at Category One Reading. He replaces Carl Plunkett, who left the Royals to join Crystal Palace in February.
ED FRANKLIN has left Reading after more than 14 years and is currently working as part of Arsene Wenger’s Talent Development team at Fifa.
FORMER player Michael Gilkes has replaced Ged Roddy as Reading’s new Academy Manager.
GED RODDY has been sacked as Reading Academy Manager after less than two years at the club, TGG understands.
READING have released aerial footage of their new £50m training facility, which will soon be home to their first team, Academy and women’s sides.
GED RODDY, the architect of the EPPP system, says new figures showing an increase in playing time for English Under-21s in the Premier League prove “long-term investment in youth is finally paying off”.
SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.
READING have appointed Italian Gianluca Nani as their new Sporting Director following the departure of Brian Tevreden to Belgian side KSV Roeselare.
FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.
DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.
FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.
READING have been thrown out of the FA Youth Cup for fielding an under-aged player.
TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.
LEE HERRON is leaving Reading after 17 years to become Football Operations Manager at Arsenal’s Academy.
OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.
MARTIN EDWARDS transformed Manchester United from a club in the doldrums into a corporate juggernaut. So why doesn't he get more credit? Ben Dirs went to meet the club's unloved emperor.
Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.
Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.