Reading have confirmed that midfielder Jay Tabb is to join the Blues on an initial one-month loan. News of Town’s interest in the 29-year-old former Ireland U21 international first broke yesterday.

The paperwork on the deal is expected to be completed on Friday with Tabb available for Saturday's trip to Peterborough.

Tabb is out of contract at the Madejski Stadium at the end of the season and has been told he will not be offered new terms.

The 5ft 7in tall Tooting-born midfielder hasn’t featured in the Premier League since December and was previously been mentioned in connection with a move to Blackburn.

The loan is understood to be with an eye on a full-time switch in the close season. The Blues recently signed Manchester United’s Reece Brown, who is also out of contract in the summer, on a similar basis.

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Jeff_winger added 10:16 - Mar 8 Tabb is a good player, but way too many people on here think he is going to suddenly way in with goals, he is clearly not a great goal scorer he has never scored a goal for Reading. Im sure he can bring other qualities but I suspect regular goals is not one of them.
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WorcesterBlue added 11:03 - Mar 8 Not sure of the logic here - yes he works hard and is ok at this level but we have defensive midfielders when what we need is creativity. The only good thing I can say about it is hopefully it means Carl Henry will not be joining in the summer much as my Wolves fan mates want him to. Drury cm Saturday please with Jet rm. Lets play some football....
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saxon added 11:23 - Mar 8 Used to like him when he was at Coventry (who circumstances mean I get to watch quite often) - decent signing IMHO
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