Who Should Reading Keep At The End Of This Season?

With just over four months until deals expire, Reading currently have 11 first-team players out of contract in the summer. But who should they offer new deals to and who should the Royals let go? Jeriel Dorsett: Offer new deal Despite his injury concerns, I would offer Dorsett a new contract because he is still only 23 and has already mustered up 132 appearances in his senior career.

He originally came through as a centre-back but has now transitioned to left-back, originally under Ruben Selles. Dorsett gives the side versatility, being able to play left-back and centre-back as well as being comfortable in a back-three system and a back four. The only worry with Dorsett is his injury record, which had limited him to just 16 appearances last season, but this season he has already featured 34 times, so fingers crossed he can stay fit and keep improving.

Andy Yiadom: Release This is the one I struggled the most with. Andy Yiadom is a previous club captain, being with us since 2017 and playing 250 games for the side, seeing us go from fighting for promotion to the Premier League to near liquidation. The reason why I opted for release is Yiadom has lost a touch of pace and does not have the same mobility he had previously in his career.

These two factors of Yiadom’s game were huge to his success in his early years at the club. Despite this, Yiadom has still done well when coming into the side this season, but with the young options now coming through the club, I feel the time is right to wave goodbye to a player who is the closest thing we have had to a club legend post-Covid. We did get a glimpse of the old Yiadom at Burton Albion away, but with the plethora of options at the club, the time and funds could be used elsewhere to strengthen the team.