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Charlie Adam Signing Confirmed
22 July 2019
By Hob Nob Anyone?
Reading have added some experience to their squad with the signing of Charlie Adam who was out of contract after being released by Stoke City. Adam, a 33 year old midfielder, has signed a one year contract with Reading and was almost certainly happy to take a cut in wages to come to Reading after Blackburn failed to sign him after a trial with the club during the summer. As Adam attracts no transfer fee he will be seen a cheap replacement for Liam Kelly to enable Reading to reduce costs and maintain a squad to attempt to compete in the Championship this season.
After starting his career with Rangers in Scotland, Adam was a much wanted player eight years ago and Liverpool paid 6.75 million pounds to Blackpool for his services in the summer of 2011. He made 27 Premier League starts for Liverpool before a move the following year to Stoke City for 5 million. At Stoke City he made 179 appearances and scored 21 goals before gradually falling out of favour. His last three appearances were a couple of minutes each and he spent most of last season on the bench as he struggled to make an impact. He may well be set for a similar role at Reading this season.
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's in the worldNewCorkSeth
But he's a name they've heard of. And he played for Liverpool. They've seen him score a screamer on MotD. So he must be great.
I was living in London when he scored that goal and a load of Scottish lads came into the bar I worked in (one claiming to be his brother) and I remember them saying he always tries those shots. Hit and hope player rather than than someone like Baker who has a long distance shot in his pocket.
Snowflake Royal
Because we've been desperately trying to trim the squad all summer, we still need several players in key areas, we've got very little money to play with, and we're being told that some of that money might be wasted on someone who is "good for back-up and twenty minutes".
Something he hasn't actually managed in two years anyway.
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you sureSnowflake Royal
£10k a week on a 33 year old who has started 9 games in two years, and he doesn't expect to start when we have one genuine midfielder, helps us not at all. In fact it means IF we've saved £20k by moving on Kelly (very doubtful to me) it means we've got to spend the same or less on wages for for a first team regular than on a back up hasbeen without actually inflating the wage budget we need to reduce.
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