Naby Sarr Moves To Qatar Side

By Hob Nob Anyone?

Reading's very small first team squad has just become smaller with the confirmation that central defender Naby Sarr will be joining Al-Markhiya in Qatar for the new season. Sarr will be making use of a relegation release clause in his contract to leave the club midway through his contract. Sarr had a mixed season with the Royals after arriving last summer on a free transfer from Huddersfield, including a spell out injured, but was still expected to be a key player for the new Campaign in League One.

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WB Winston Biscuit 11 Jun 2023 · 11:35pm

Joins Al-Markhiya in the Qatari league
PT Pepe the Horseman 11 Jun 2023 · 11:38pm

Hopefully we got a fee for him as he still had 3 years on his contract.
TM tidus_mi2 12 Jun 2023 · 12:55am

Makes me wonder who is making the decisions, you'd think the club might wait on contracted player outgoings until the manager is in place, unless we do have a manager in place who has decided he doesn't want Naby Sarr. Well whatever, he's gone.
PT Pepe the Horseman 12 Jun 2023 · 3:16am

Makes me wonder who is making the decisions, you'd think the club might wait on contracted player outgoings until the manager is in place, unless we do have a manager in place who has decided he doesn't want Naby Sarr. Well whatever, he's gone. May have had a relegation clause similar to Ince, in which case we wouldn't have a choice. Or maybe they offered us some half decent money for him so it was a no brainer, manager or not.
SR Snowflake Royal 12 Jun 2023 · 4:23am

Makes me wonder who is making the decisions, you'd think the club might wait on contracted player outgoings until the manager is in place, unless we do have a manager in place who has decided he doesn't want Naby Sarr. Well whatever, he's gone. Bowen and his team whose job is to make these decisions. Transfers hasn't been the manager's direct responsibility for decades. Can't say I'm very sorry to see Sarr go. He was pretty rubbish, but should have been able to be solid in the League One Hopefully a sign we're confident in keeping Holmes and McIntyre and signing Mbengue, plus the quality of Dorsett, Abbey et al coming through.…
SU Sutekh 12 Jun 2023 · 6:13am

Joins Al-Markhiya in the Qatari league https://i.imgflip.com/2gplj3.jpg Hoping it's true as he was largely useless during his stay and fairly sure we've got more than enough "iffy" defenders already.
LJ Linden Jones' Tash 12 Jun 2023 · 7:08am

Given this one came out of left field, doesn't it just show noone knows anything? There used to be a few ITK posters on here and other social media, but no more, it seems.
RJ Royal_jimmy 12 Jun 2023 · 7:40am

This came out of the blue. The club hasn't confirmed he's departed though. Can't say I am disappointed. He wasn't the right fit here.

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