The plan
Reading have been stagnating in mid-table and last season went in the opposite direction to where they would have been aiming, with an eighth-place finish, one position lower than in 2020-21 and three worse than in the campaign before that. The manager, Kelly Chambers, has shaken up her side, signing six players. They include the goalkeeper Jacqueline Burns, who competed at her first major tournament at the Euros with Northern Ireland and joins from Häcken, the forward Charlie Wellings from Celtic and the defender Brooke Hendrix from Melbourne Victory. The newcomers could turn the tide..
