Rodgers boosts backroom team

Reading have confirmed that Dean Austin, Frank Lampard Sr and Karl Halabi are set to join the coaching staff at the Madejski stadium. The coaches are set to sign three-year contracts in the next few days and will once again link up with Brendan Rodgers - whom they worked under at Watford. Austin will become assistant manager, Lampard will act as a football consultant and Halabi will work as football physiologist. Rodgers told the club's website: "I am thrilled to be joined at Reading by three of my most valued and trusted colleagues in football."

Source: Eurosport