Reading Football Club

• Nickname:Royals
• Founded:1871
• Manager:Brian McDermott

• Ground:Madejski Stadium
• Capacity:24200

Howard jaw blow for Royals

03 Dec 2009 - 10:34:04

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Reading will be without Brian Howard until late January after the midfielder underwent surgery on a broken jaw.

Howard was injured in the first half of last Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Derby County.

"He had an operation, which went well, and now he's in a four or five-week recovery period," explained manager Brendan Rodgers.

"We just have to monitor him for the moment, for the first few weeks he will only be able to do non-contact stuff.

"If it was up to him he'd be back training by the end of this week, but we know you have to be careful with these things."