FROM MANCHESTER TO READING

Last updated : 18 March 2003 By Editor
Reading boss Alan Pardew has put a bid in to loan Di Canio
until the end of the season. He told the club’s website:

"We have made an inquiry, we'd love to have him here. We
might have enough to get into the Premiership without
bringing Di Canio here but he would certainly improve our
chances.

''We've made contact formally regarding a loan and no more
than that. I've asked the chief executive about the
financial implications of bringing him here and the
implications of how attendances would be affected and how it
all adds up."