Reading takeover near completion

Sir John  Madejski hopes that the £25m takeover of Reading will be completed this week.   The deal which will give Anton Zingarevich a 51 per cent stake in the club was supposed to have been finished by the end of March.

Sir John  Madejski hopes that the £25m takeover of Reading will be completed this week.   The deal which will give Anton Zingarevich a 51 per cent stake in the club was supposed to have been finished by the end of March.

A recent story in Private Eye attempted to suggest that all was not as it seemed with the takeover, but a lot of it seemed to be adding two and two together to make five.  However, the background checks by the Premier League and the Football League have still to be completed.