RUMORS: Danny Williams in Talks with Swansea City

Deadline Day rumors - argh!

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Newspaper The Reading Chronicle is reporting that Danny Williams is in conversation with Prem League Swansea City.

"New Swans boss Francesco Guidolin is eager to replace Jonjo Shelvey – who moved to Newcastle United for £12 million – before the transfer window closes tonight.

Francesco Guidolin says a midfielder is Swansea's top priority today and Reading's Danny Williams is top of that list now with talks ongoing
— Phil Blanche (@philblanche) February 1, 2016

It is thought Royals will be tempted to sell for the right money as manager Brian McDermott has a number of options in central midfield."

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DAILY WRAP: 1/22/2016

A little more activity today, although no notables

Andrija Novakovich featured for the first 71 minutes for the Reading U21, as they faced off with Manchester City U21 in the Premier League U21. Unfortunately Reading lost this one 3 - 1.

GK  Quentin Westerburg dressed, but remained on the bench as Tours lost 2 - 1 to Auxerre in France's Ligue 2. As a backup GK this is not unusual - still it would be good to see Quentin on the playing surface.

Fulham's Luca de la Torre

Luca de la Torre got the start and went 90 minutes for the Fulham U21 in there 3 - 1 loss to West Ham U21 (also in Premier League U21. His U21 partner in crime, Emerson Hyndmann now plays regularly for Fulham's senior team.

In the Neatherland's, Desevio Payne and Groningen met Nijmegen in their Eredivisie match. Desevio came of the bench for the 2nd half of the game that ended in a 0 - 0 draw

Also in Neatherlands, a division lower, Travis Brent and Almere took on Telstar in their Eerste Divisie game. Travis went 69 minutes in Almere's 2 - 0 loss.

See you tomorrow for the inaugural "Weekend Wrap"

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DAILY WRAP: 1/19/2016

Most of the action today involved US Goalkeepers;

GK, Aleksander Gogic, was in the 18, but did not play as visitors Fleetwood Town drew 1 - 1 with Colchester in England's League 1.  Fleetwood & Gogic are 1 point above the relegation zone.

GK, Brad Guzan, was back between the pipes as Aston Villa beat League 2 side Wycombe 2 - 0 in the FA Cup replay (1 - 1) 3 - 1 on Aggregate. Brad went the full 90 minutes. Aston Villa now enter the next round.

GK, Cody Cropper, was in the 18, but did not play as Milton Keynes hosted Northampton in an FA Cup replay winning 3 - 0 (5 - 2 Aggregate  Milton Keynes will now play in the next round.

GK, Paul Rachubka got the call for Bolton as they hosted Eastleigh, from the Vanarama Nation League (5th tier) and won 3 -2 in their FA Cup replay (aggregate 4 - 3) Paul is the back-up GK for Bolton, who lost their starter to injury 2 weeks ago.

Danny Williams played 90 minutes for Reading, in their FA Cup replay v Huddersfield and Duane Holmes (Duane was in the 18 but did not feature) Reading advanced to the next round with a 5 - 2 victory (Aggregate 7 - 4)

Finally, Christian Pulsic entered Dortmund's friendly with Sparta Prague in the 61st minute, that Dortmund won 3 - 1.

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