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BIZARRE: Dai yongge - What They Never Told You

Sheffield Wednesday and Morecambe woes show the problem with modern football

SELL UP: An independent regulator is coming to the football pyramid but it may be too late for some, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

New Reading owner Rob Couhig: ‘There is a real market for the EFL in the US’

Lawyer finally has control after club’s long and painful divorce from Dai Yongge and wants to provide stability

The Guardian - UK

Reading ownership nightmare finally over after Dai Yongge sells club to Rob Couhig

Dai Yongge has sold Reading to the former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig, ending the Chinese businessman’s turbulent time in charge

The Guardian - UK

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Reading misery under Dai Yongge finally over as takeover completed for League One club

Reading’s nightmarish era under Dai Yongge has finally come to an end

The Independent UK

Reading takeover deal agreed with former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig

The Royals say they expect the club’s sale to be completed shortly.

The Independent UK

‘We have our blinkers on’: Reading push for playoffs amid bleak backdrop

Dai Yongge’s ownership has taken the club to the brink but Reading fans were given a brief reprieve against Wycombe

The Guardian - UK

Reading owner granted sale extension by EFL amid suspension threat

Reading have been granted an extension by the English Football League until 22 April for their owner, Dai Yongge, to sell the club

The Guardian - UK

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Reading crisis deepens after Rob Couhig rejects offer from owner Dai Yongge

Reading have suffered a potentially significant setback in their attempts to save the club by agreeing a sale this week

The Guardian - UK

Brazil and a World Cup plan that seems like dastardly self-sabotage

In today’s Football Daily: Another bad day at the office for Brazil

The Guardian - UK

‘Touch and go’: Reading stuck in brinkmanship battle over sale as deadline looms

Reading are trapped in a three-way battle of brinkmanship involving owner Dai Yongge and two potential buyers, leaving staff at the club fearing they will be forced into administration next month.

The Guardian - UK

Reading could be thrown out of EFL if Dai Yongge misses sale deadline

The English Football League has disqualified the Reading owner, Dai Yongge, and ordered him to sell the club

The Guardian - UK

Proposed sale of Reading to Robert Platek faces conflict of interest concerns

A company for which Robert Platek works has lent money to other EFL clubs, leading one executive at another club to remark: ‘At best it doesn’t look good’

The Guardian - UK

Plight of Reading shows how football fans’ dreams can easily spiral into a death vortex

The Dai Yongge Show continues: eight seasons and counting at Reading. It is the soap opera no network can seem to cancel

The Guardian - UK

Reading FC takeover being brought to High Court to try and force Dai Yongge sale

Prospective buyer Rob Couhig is ‘baffled’ at how a deal has not yet gone through and will use the courts to try and force the unpopular Yongge into selling the club

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The Guardian - UK

Reading sale jeopardised by owner Dai Yongge’s £55m debt to Chinese bank

Dai Yongge’s attempts to sell Reading are being jeopardised by his failure to repay previously undisclosed debts of more than £55m, according to documents seen by the Guardian

The Guardian - UK

Fears over Reading FC’s future after Rob Couhig takeover collapses

Rob Couhig’s prospective deal to buy Reading has collapsed, raising fears over the future of the troubled League One club

The Guardian - UK

Reading FC in line for takeover by former Wycombe owner Rob Couhig

Reading are edging towards the end of Dai Yongge’s turbulent reign with a much-needed takeover expected to be completed in the coming weeks

The Guardian - UK

Reading owner Dai Yongge sanctions training ground sale to rivals Wycombe

The Reading owner, Dai Yongge, has sanctioned the cut-price sale of their state-of-the-art training ground to Wycombe

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The Guardian - UK

Loyal Reading fans take a stand as fears grow for crisis club’s future

Travelling supporters vent their anger and frustration against owner Dai Yongge during League One defeat at Wigan

The Guardian - UK

Reading implement drastic cost-cutting measures as financial crisis deepens

The League One club have had to rejig training plans to avoid paying for undersoil heating, made 19 redundancies and owe about £4m to suppliers

The Guardian - UK

José Mourinho may have been axed but surely the show must go on?

In today’s Football Daily: The man who stole the show

The Guardian - UK

Reading owner Dai Yongge told by Football League: pay up or sell up

The English Football League has hit out at the deeply unpopular Reading owner Dai Yongge’s ‘clear disregard for his obligations’ after he received another fine for breaching a financial order

The Guardian - UK

Why what’s currently going on at Reading FC should agitate all of us

In today’s Football Daily: The grim state of things at Reading

The Independent UK

Reading: The key questions surrounding the supporter protests

Fans invaded the pitch against Port Vale on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Reading fans to ‘put pressure’ on EFL amid fears for club’s future

Supporters forced the abandonment of Saturday’s game with Port Vale by invading the pitch to protest against owner Dai Yongge.

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