Rating All Reading’s Summer 2025 Signings

Reading signed 12 players in the summer transfer window before the 2025/26 season, but how have each of them fared? And who has made the biggest impact since making the move to RG2 ? 12.

Matty Jacob Jacob was an automatic last place in this ranking for summer signings – this is due to the fact that he’s no longer at the club. Jacob struggled to make an impact in games early in the season under Noel Hunt, before injury limited his availability when Leam Richardson came in, leading to the Royals deciding to terminate his loan and send him back to Hull City, having featured only 16 times. 11.

Mark O’Mahony O’Mahony is next in my rankings, yet another unsuccessful loan. The Irishman is still at the club, unlike Jacob, but has not featured since the December 29 when he came off the bench to play 14 minutes in a 1-1 draw away to Peterborough United. The 22-year-old has recently undergone surgery which will see him out for the remainder of the season, having played 21 games for the Royals and scored two goals: one in the Vertu Trophy and the other in the FA Cup.

10. Jack Stevens Stevens has played 10 games so far in his Reading career, mainly in the cups, but he did fill in for Joel Pereira while the usual number one was sidelined with injury. Stevens’ most notable moment in a Reading shirt so far was conceding a 30-yard free-kick after setting up without a wall, just days after Michael Owen suggested goalkeepers do not need walls for free-kicks from 30 yards out or further.