Daniel Bell

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Reading
17 Nov 2032
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Marked for Daniel Bell

323 Edition

The Reading Chronicle

4 Oct 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings4 Oct 2032

Both of them Nick Oyekunle's — 8.86

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.86, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market4 Oct 2032

Joaquin Borekull Urrutia has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Reading they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match2 Oct 2032

Reading find a way past Peterborough United

Peterborough United made Reading work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces4 Oct 2032

Reading supporters have found a favourite in Daniel Bell

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Daniel Bell has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad4 Oct 2032

Alex Henderson makes it 200

200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

Player ratings4 Oct 2032

A masterclass from Moses Sesay

Marked 8.30 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad4 Oct 2032

Birkir Heimisson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Birkir Heimisson and Reading agree another 2 years.

Squad4 Oct 2032

Isac Tostrup-Kval falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad4 Oct 2032

A falling-out at Reading

Quim Utgés and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

Back issues
315 Edition

The Reading Chronicle

9 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Market9 Aug 2032

Reading turn down Peterborough United for Moses Sesay

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market9 Aug 2032

Harry Evans is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Reading is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2032

No deal for Rodrigo Rêgo at that price

Reading offered $9.6M; Everton said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2032

Reading bid $1.2M for Abdoullah Ba

The offer went to Aston Villa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2032

Door shut on Kaine Kesler Hayden

Reading asked and Coventry City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad9 Aug 2032

Daniel Bell signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel Bell and Reading agree another 4 years.

Squad9 Aug 2032

Adam Benić in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Reading this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2032

Reading try to borrow Jack McGlynn

Manchester City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout9 Aug 2032

Moses Sesay gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Moses Sesay is on it.

In brief