well, maybe it wasn't quite in the time frame I had in mind but today it was a done deal. £2.5M http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/6928504.stm The Biscuitman (Formely English_Gent)
He has a rocket of a shot off his right foot. Better than Lampard or Gerrard in that area. Don't know much else about him.