Reading manager Paul Ince has opened up on how losing out to Cardiff City for the loan signing of Cedric Kipre left a "horrible taste" in his mouth.
West Brom centre-back Kipre became the Bluebirds' first loan signing of the summer, a key addition given Cardiff's well-documented shift to playing out from the back more this season.
The Bluebirds needed centre-back additions after the departure of senior defender Aden Flint and Sean Morrison's current injury strife. And, on the little evidence we have seen so far, Kipre has slotted into this new system well.