Former Reading favourites Kevin Doyle and Tom McIntyre have spoken out against the club's decision to sell Bearwood Park to League One rivals Wycombe Wanderers.
The Royals have confirmed that discussions are underway and exclusivity granted for the Chairboys to purchase the £50m state-of-the-art facility in order to cover a short-term funding issue.
However, this has put off potential buyers and leaves the club in a race against time to find new buyers- and that is if Dai Yongge is even motivated to sell as per his word.
Striker Doyle, who spoke out against the EFL last week, took to social media after the news broke.
This is a disgrace,Reading fc is being sold for parts,some fit and proper owners test that was @EFL https://t.co/fJnB0XCGop
— Kevin Doyle (@KevinDoyle1983) March 14, 2024
Tom McIntyre, an Academy graduate who only left the club for £75,000 in January, now plays for Portsmouth but is injured until the end of the season.
Speaking on his boyhood club, the 25-year-old added: "What an absolutely shocking decision! Nothing short of a disgrace."
What an absolutely shocking decision! Nothing short of a disgrace.
— Tom McIntyre (@Tom5Mc) March 14, 2024
Even popular Reading band, the Amazons, have spoken out.
They launched this year's third kit, based on the Purple Turtle, in the club's pre-season fan event.
‘Disgrace’ is a word overused in the football discourse but here it feels painfully apt.
— The Amazons (@TheAmazons) March 14, 2024
Selling off one of our few remaining assets to a local rival. After years + £millions of investment?!
Hindering our chances of being bought
Destroying our chance of a future
Disgrace.
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