{"id":515604,"date":"2023-06-21T17:02:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=515604"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:13:12","slug":"sources-reading-to-appoint-ex-southampton-manager-ruben-selles-as-deal-agreed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-reading-to-appoint-ex-southampton-manager-ruben-selles-as-deal-agreed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Reading to appoint ex-Southampton manager Ruben Selles as deal agreed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reading have agreed a deal to make ex-Southampton boss Ruben Selles their new manager, <strong>sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royals are close to finalising the appointment of the 40-year-old, who left St Mary&#8217;s Stadium at the end of the 2022-23 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selles is set to become Reading&#8217;s first permanent manager since April, with Paul Ince&#8217;s sacking leading to Noel Hunt taking the role of interim boss until the end of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 Arsenal go HUGE in \u00a3200m signing blitz, Havertz latest, Spurs ace targeted in MEGA spending spree\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3UPMcsFhdmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Berkshire outfit were relegated to League One last season &#8211; with poor form and a points deduction leaving them five points adrift of 21st-place Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/ruben-selles\/profil\/trainer\/58333\">Selles<\/a> also suffered the ignominy of relegation with Southampton, with the Saints returning to the Championship for the first time in 11 years after finishing bottom of the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading looked set to make former Sheffield United and Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder their next manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>revealed on 15 June that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-chris-wilders-reading-move-collapses-sources\/\">the move was initially delayed &#8211; before both parties decided to end negotiations.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royals have now turned attention to Selles, who was given his first job in senior management in February after leading Southampton to a 1-0 win over Chelsea as interim boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was appointed as an assistant manager last summer (2022) but survived the sackings of Ralph Hasenhuttl and Nathan Jones to take the top job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, results didn&#8217;t improve with the Spaniard at the helm &#8211; with Southampton winning just two of a possible 16 Premier League games as they slumped to relegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Reading\" class=\"wp-image-328320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-696x478.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-1068x733.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824-612x420.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2021\/06\/1002730384_1200x824.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Selles also led the Saints to a famous 2-1 FA Cup defeat against Grimsby Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading, who have already had eight senior players depart the club, will find out their first League One opponents on Thursday morning (22 June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-chelsea-to-make-new-romeo-lavia-move-after-liverpool-swoop\/\">Premier League giants to make new swoop for Southampton star.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading have agreed a deal to make ex-Southampton boss Ruben Selles their new manager, sources have told Football Insider. The Royals are close to finalising the appointment of the 40-year-old, who left St Mary&#8217;s Stadium at the end of the 2022-23 campaign. 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