Ruben Selles saluted the loyal Royals who stuck by his side after Reading ended a 378-day wait for an away league win with a 2-1 triumph at Wycombe.Former Chairboy Lewis Wing scored the winning goal four minutes before half-time after Killian Phillips had cancelled out Sam Smith’s opener.The under-fire boss believes his side were deserving of the three points and looked forward to brighter...Full Story »

RUBEN NEVES is set to snub both Newcastle and Arsenal regardless of the Premier League vote on whether clubs owned by the same party can trade players between clubs. The controversy was sparked after it emerged that Newcastle were interested in loaning Neves from Al-Hilal as cover for the banned Sandro Tonali. Neves will remain at Al-Hilal regardless of the upcoming Premier League vote Credit:...Full Story »

ARSENAL have been handed a major boost as they try to hijack Newcastle's move for Ruben Neves, according to reports. The Gunners are in the market for a central midfielder in January with Thomas Partey expected to be out into next year due to a thigh injury. Ruben Neves could return to the Premier League just months after moving to Al-Hilal Credit: AP Meanwhile, Newcastle are also on the look...Full Story »

Ruben Selles wants his Reading team to be more ruthless after their woeful away form continued with a 3-2 defeat at Shrewsbury.Sam Smith and Dom Ballard put the Royals 2-0 up inside the opening 15 minutes and they looked on course to put a winless run on the road to bed.But Shrewsbury pulled one back through Tom Bayliss before half-time, and then two Shrews defenders spoilt the party in addition...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles urged his team to be more ruthless in front of goal after a scrappy 1-1 home draw with Bristol Rovers in League One.Bottom-of-the-table Reading went ahead five minutes before the interval when striker Sam Smith rifled in his first goal of the season.But Rovers levelled in the 57th minute when former Reading loanee Chris Martin lofted a fine shot over home keeper Davi...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles admitted that he was pleased that his struggling side avoided an upset against lower-division opposition after their 3-2 FA Cup first-round win over MK Dons.Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan gave Reading a third-minute lead with his sixth goal of the season, but Alex Gilbey levelled before the break.Second-half efforts from Harvey Knibbs and Lewis Wing eased Reading into a two-go...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles believes he can turn around his team’s desperate League One fortunes after the 2-1 defeat at home to fellow strugglers Fleetwood – their fifth loss in six matches.Bosun Lawal gave Town the lead with a low drive after only 65 seconds but the hosts equalised 11 minutes after the break through Dom Ballard.Charlie Savage almost put Reading 2-1 in front when h...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles urged the club’s fans to end their mid-match protests after the goalless draw with fellow League One strugglers Burton was halted in the first half.For the second-successive Reading home fixture, the game was held up in the 16th minute as Royals fans threw tennis balls onto the pitch in protest at the running of the club by controversial Chinese owner Dai Yongg...Full Story »

Ruben Selles slammed an “unacceptable” first-half display from his struggling Reading side after they were beaten 4-1 by a Jordan Rhodes-inspired Blackpool.The Royals recorded their biggest win for over a century in midweek, dispatching Exeter 9-0 in the EFL Trophy, but were brought back down to earth on their return to Sky Bet League One action as the hosts raced into a 3-0 lead aft...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles praised his side’s character – on and off the pitch – after they secured a 2-1 comeback victory over Bolton in League One.The Trotters took the lead through top-scorer Dion Charles in the 20th minute, straight after the game had resumed after a three-minute break.The delay had been caused by home fans throwing tennis balls on to the pitch in protest...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles praised the “intensity” of his young players as they edged out Cheltenham 1-0 in League One.Selles included four teenagers and three 20-year-olds in his starting line-up, with 18-year-old Caylan Vickers creating what turned out to be the winner in the 33rd minute.Vickers’ mazy run from deep ended with a looping deflection from Cheltenham midfielder ...Full Story »

Ruben Selles saluted his red-hot Reading young guns after a stunning 4-0 Carabao Cup win over Millwall at The Den.Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan’s double and late strikes from Charlie Savage and Mamadi Camara fired the League One side to a shock victory against their misfiring Championship opponents in the competition’s opening round.Former Southampton boss Selles picked a youthful side with a...Full Story »

Reading manager Ruben Selles defended a section of the club’s fans for staging a sit-in protest after the 1-0 League One defeat at home to Peterborough.About 200 supporters protested loudly yet peacefully, calling for the removal of club owner Dai Yongge for 40 minutes after a losing start to life in the third tier.The Royals, who are under another transfer embargo, were beaten by a 43rd-m...Full Story »

Ruben Selles admits standards at Southampton have not been good enough after Premier League relegation was sealed by a limp 2-0 loss to Fulham.Second-half goals from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic inflicted a club-record 24th defeat of the season on the division’s bottom side to leave them eight points from safety with two fixtures remaining.Captain James Ward-Prowse conceded at f...Full Story »

Southampton boss Ruben Selles does not know what the future holds after a 4-3 defeat at Nottingham Forest left them on the brink of Premier League relegation.Saints were on the wrong side of a seven-goal thriller at the City Ground and they will lose their top-tier status at the weekend if they fail to beat Fulham or results go against them elsewhere.In contrast, Forest climbed out of the bottom...Full Story »

A video has emerged of Manchester City defender Ruben Dias reacting to illustrations of his teammates by children of a local primary school. Students from Cravenwood Primary Academy were tasked to draw a Manchester City player each as part of a City in the Community scheme with the illustrations used as part of City's social media coverage of their Premier League match against West Ham United...Full Story »

Ruben Selles vowed Southampton will “fight until the very last point” after his side slipped closer to Premier League relegation following a damaging 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth.Marcus Tavernier’s second-half winner at St Mary’s left the the division’s bottom club six points from safety with five games to go.Beleaguered Saints thought they had snatched a dramatic draw...Full Story »

Chelsea have held talks with Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim. With Frank Lampard in caretaker charge to the end of the season, Chelsea are continuing their search for a long-term successor to former manager Graham Potter. The Daily Mail says Amorim, 38, has been contacted as Chelsea register their interest in the highly-rated Portuguese. Amorim has stated publicly he is happy at Sporting and...Full Story »

Ruben Rodrigues struck twice to drag Notts County to within a point of National League leaders Wrexham after a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Eastleigh.With the Magpies trailing at the break to Danny Whitehall’s penalty, the Portuguese levelled and then fired his side in front before Macaulay Langstaff cemented a win which piles the pressure on the Welshmen, who have a game in hand.Eastleigh...Full Story »

Ruben Selles insisted Southampton are “hunting” down those above them in the table after Carlos Alcaraz’s winner lifted them off the bottom of the Premier League for the first time since before the World Cup break.The January signing slotted past the Leicester goalkeeper in a crucial 1-0 win for Saints, ending a winless run at home stretching all the way back to the visit of Ch...Full Story »