' Cardiff are beaten to Manchester United Defender '

' Cardiff are beaten to Manchester United Defender '

23rd August 2016

Reading have signed Tyler Blackett on a permanent deal from Manchester United, a number of other clubs were interested in Blackett including fellow Championship club Cardiff City.

The 22-year-old defender has signed a three-year deal at the Madejski.

“Tyler is a talented defender who has played for United’s first team," Reading boss Jaap Stam told the club website. "He can play as a left-back or a left-sided centre-back; he has got great potential in the sense that he is quick and athletic, defensively he is strong and he is good at set-pieces.

"As a defender he can go and play high up the pitch as well, and that is what we need in the squad.”

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I doubt that there was any real competition to sign him in the first place!

I doubt that there was any real competition to sign him in the first place!

No pulling power as a club currently, seems the days of us offering competitive contracts have gone now and lower legal trash or overseas gambles is all we are going to get. I expect we are signing nobody before end of the month unless we have things going on in the background but I doubt it. Club is treading water now and needs to make a decision from a medium term perspective what they are going to do. If they aren't careful they will get sucked in to a relegation dog fight.

We will see if he was any good Saturday

Think that reading manager being ex Man U player has a lot to do with it.

Considering he had med over wkend at reading and story about us being interested broke yesterday on here suggests he wasn't a target in 1st place!

Considering he had med over wkend at reading and story about us being interested broke yesterday on here suggests he wasn't a target in 1st place!

Probably rumours created to hurry reading into a deal allan.

Considering he had med over wkend at reading and story about us being interested broke yesterday on here suggests he wasn't a target in 1st place!

Probably rumours created to hurry reading into a deal allan.

Could be right as don't think we are in hunt for another fullback!

Considering he had med over wkend at reading and story about us being interested broke yesterday on here suggests he wasn't a target in 1st place!

Probably rumours created to hurry reading into a deal allan.

Could be right as don't think we are in hunt for another fullback!

Alan Trollope has said he wants a goal keeper and a full back aswell as a striker
Regarding this alledged interest
I've just read he has signed on a 3 year contract not a loan so I think we were not in for him

Considering he had med over wkend at reading and story about us being interested broke yesterday on here suggests he wasn't a target in 1st place!

Probably rumours created to hurry reading into a deal allan.

Could be right as don't think we are in hunt for another fullback!

Alan Trollope has said he wants a goal keeper and a full back aswell as a striker
Regarding this alledged interest
I've just read he has signed on a 3 year contract not a loan so I think we were not in for him

Thanks nice to keep up with things.

Think that reading manager being ex Man U player has a lot to do with it.

Agree = Pity the clueless clown OGS was still not here