Royals boss will have to wheel and deal in transfer market

Anthony Smith • Published 29 Nov 2012 11:30 3 Comments

READING boss Brian McDermott is set to strengthen his squad in January - but admits he has little cash to spend.

Bookmakers reacted to Tuesday night's 1-0 loss at Villa Park by making Reading favourites for the drop.

And they now face a monumental December, including potential relegation six-pointers at Sunderland and Southampton mixed in with daunting fixtures against Manchester United this Saturday (5.30pm ko), Arsenal and current champions Manchester City.

The pressure is steadily mounting on McDermott to turn Reading's fortunes around and it is believed the 51-year-old will attempt to bring in at least two new players in the New Year.

However, he will not be given a bumper transfer kitty by Russian owner Anton Zingarevich and may be forced to dip in to the loan market.

Speaking exclusively to the Reading Chronicle, McDermott said: "We think we can do some business in January, but there isn't a lot of money. There aren't large sums of money floating around the club, regardless of what people might think."

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  dickemery
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  Nov 29, 13:08
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  the club was brought on the cheap took 6 months to complete the deal,spent 5 mill on 2 players,paying 40000 a week for a guy who appears to wear ice skates,in the prem where you can make good money ,anton show us the money
  
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  PeteDoyle
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  Nov 30, 10:14
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  Little cash - do me a favour. Same old excuses, same old Reading
  
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  OldNed
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  Dec 3, 12:04
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  Can'tt fault anyone at the club for effort, but the stark reality is we lack quality in certain areas and permier nous.
  
  the worry is who will be doing the dealing in the January transfer window?
  
  The 'big ticket' summer signing would seem not to have been Brian's choice, as he and other new faces can't command a regular place in the side.
  
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