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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