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Current Rumours - Players In

Last updated: 11/08/2000, 2:01 pm

Over the summer of 2000, Reading have been linked with over forty players who are supposedly going to join us. That includes a few where the only source was someone posting on a messageboard saying that they'd heard a rumour, and also includes youth players. (However, it doesn't include cases where someone just suggests that we should sign a particular player.) Here's the breakdown:

Player Club Source Outcome
Adrian Williams Wolves   Signed for Reading 3/7/2000
Ricky Newman Millwall   Signed for Reading 27/7/2000
Keith Jones Charlton   Signed for Reading 3/7/2000
Joey Beauchamp Oxford   RFC ceased interest 16/6/2000
Jason Fowler Cardiff    
Gary Alexander West Ham Evening Post  
Narada Bernard Arsenal Played on trial May 2000 Signed for Bournemouth
Karl Connolly Wrexham BBC Wales commentators Signed for QPR
Adrian Viveash Walsall Teamtalk Signed for Reading 3/7/2000
Matthew Bound Swansea    
John Doolan Barnet Teamtalk (Barnet page only) RFC denied on 1/6/2000
Henrik Lykke Herfolge Local press  
Sammy Youssuff Fremad Amager Local press (even though they called him Peter Yousseff) RFC watched him and decided not to proceed
Unidentified forward Fremad Amager Local press RFC watched him and decided not to proceed
Marco Gabbiadini Darlington   Signed for Northampton, but Pardew stated that he had been keen to sign him
Lee Unsworth Crewe Planet Football Released by Crewe. On trial at Bury
Kenny Strandberg Lyngdal RFC official site Joined Academy on 1-year contract
Espen Baerkland Lyngdal RFC official site Given 6-week trial over summer
Kevin Lisbie Charlton   RFC denied 1/6/2000
Paul Konchesky Charlton   RFC denied 1/6/2000
Stuart Barlow Wigan The Independent 2/6/2000 Signed for Tranmere
Andy Hughes Notts County Evening Post 7/6/2000  
David Reeves Chesterfield    
Chris Hope Scunthorpe Teamtalk 12/6/2000  
Michael Hughes Wimbledon    
John Salako Charlton HNA? messageboard 15/6/2000, Evening Post 6/7/2000 Staying with Charlton but RFC interest resurrected according to Evening Post 21/7/2000
Scott Taylor Wolves Sunday People 25/6/2000 RFC denied on 27/6/2000
Neil Hardy Morecambe Non-league press 6/7/2000 Signed for Leigh RMI
Mark McKeever Sheffield Wednesday Chronicle 6/7/2000 Denied by Alan Pardew 3/8/2000
Joe Gamble Cork City   Signed for Reading 4/8/2000
Micky Longfellow Army Evening Post 17/7/2000 On trial during pre-season
Abdul Nazri France Evening Post 26/7/2000 Played on trial. RFC not to pursue interest.
Winston Griffiths Jamaica Evening Post 27/7/2000 On trial from 26/7/2000 for two weeks. RFC not to pursue interest.
Thierry Muddimula Austria Evening Post 26/7/2000 Played on trial 26/7/2000. RFC unlikely to pursue interest.
Scott Forrester Sutton United Chronicle 28/7/2000, Sutton Guardian 28/7/2000 Played on trial. Sutton manager says that if we want him they won't stand in his way
James Hall Epsom & Ewell   Played on trial 2/8/00
Seamus McDonald St Patrick's Athletic   Played on trial - now returned to St. Patrick's
Padraig Drew St Patrick's Athletic   Played on trial - now returned to St. Patrick's
Ty Gooden Gillingham Evening Post 8/8/2000 RFC denied 8/8/2000
Marcus Richardson Slough Chronicle 10/8/2000 To be given a trial
Tony Rougier Port Vale No-one, absolutely no-one Signed for Reading on 11/8/2000
       
Jamie Lambert   HNA? messageboard  
Neil Ruddock (as player-coach) West Ham Teamtalk Your Say 15/6/2000 Signed for Crystal Palace 27/7/2000
Iain Anderson Toulouse Teamtalk Your Say 8/6/2000 Signed for Preston
Paul Murray QPR Mailing list 29/6/2000  
Havard Flo Wolves HNA? messageboard 29/6/2000  
Ian Duerden Doncaster HNA? messageboard 10/7/2000  
Andrew Holt Oldham Mailing list 13/7/2000  
Adam Tanner Peterborough Ipswich mailing list 14/7/2000 Released by Peterborough. Training with Colchester.

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