The agent of Reading forward
Pavel Pogrebnyak
has made it quite clear as to why he turned down
Fulham
and chose his new club instead:
the money
.
Once Pogrebnyak's short term deal at Fulham had finished last season, the expectation was that the Russian forward would sign a permanent contract almost immediately, such was his impression at Craven Cottage. While at Fulham, he scored a goal every other game, including a credible 25-minute hat-trick at home to
Wolverhampton
Wanderers.
Martin Jol
, though, at various stages during the player's loan period at the club, admitted he was playing a risky game in only tying the forward down to a short term deal. With the way Pogrebnyak was performing, our Dutch manager was more than aware that vultures were beginning to swoop.
And that they did.
Aston Villa
and Reading, among others, were linked with his name but the Berkshire club have come out as winners. What is clear now, though, is that the move was all in the finances.
"There are maybe a number of reasons why we have decided to move to Reading, but in the end, the difference in wages was too great and we could not ...
