The Reading Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Andy Rinomhota
243 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Reading know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Derrick Williams signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Derrick Williams and Reading agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Reading
Derrick Williams was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Lewis Wing 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Reading and Daniel Kyerewaa
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Reading, another week without a signature from Daniel Kyerewaa.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Reading has picked up the phone to Derrick Williams
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Market Tom Norcott is free to find somewhere else
- Market Ben Elliott leaves for nothing