The 41-year-old is preparing to replace Tim Walter at the MKM Stadium. Former England player Carlton Palmer has praised Ruben Selles’ performance at Reading, as the Spaniard prepares to take over at Championship team Hull City.
Selles is set to fly to East Yorkshire on Friday to meet the staff and players before watching Saturday’s meeting with Blackburn Rovers at the MKM Stadium from the stands, before taking full control on Monday to prepare for Watford’s visit in midweek. The former Southampton temporary manager has performed marvels at the SCL Stadium amid terrible conditions, given that the club is up for sale, and he’s had to cope with movement embargoes, fines, and points deductions, keeping the Royals up last season .
being bottom of the standings and ten points behind. Selles has Reading sixth in the Championship this season after beating Cambridge United 3-0 at home on Tuesday, sparking serious interest from Tigers owner Acun Ilicali, who had made him his top goal to succeed Tim Walter.
“Ruben Selles has done a fantastic job at Reading given all the uncertainty around the football club; he has them in a play-off spot, conducted himself well and got the team playing really, really well despite all the speculation about takeovers,” Palmer told the Tampa Bay Times.
“It’s terrible news for their supporters, with the ongoing dispute, that Roger Smee’s offer to buy the club has been rejected, and it appears that
Former Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig was close to seal a deal to buy Reading; he spent much of the summer in exclusivity, only for the agreement to fall through.
“There is still rumored to be another party interested in purchasing the football club, but Selles has been granted permission to negotiate with Hull City, and it appears that he will join them.
“I believe the uncertainty surrounding the football club at Reading, the way he’s been working, obviously there’s always that circumstance where new owners, when they come in and acquire the football club, bring their guy with them. So there was also some ambiguity. I know there have been past conflicts at Hull with the chairman of shipping management.
When they’re doing well, like we’ve seen with Liam Rosenior, there’s always that concern.
“But when you’re a manager for whom they’ll have to pay compensation, and they’ve requested for permission to meet with him, I’m sure his contract will have a break provision, and the owner of Hull will have to think twice about sacking him relatively early on. So, it’s terrible for Reading fans and the football club to lose someone like Selles, who is doing an excellent job.”
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