Quartet missing for Reading

Reading will be without striker Leroy Lita, wingers Glen Little and Bobby Convey and defender Ibrahima Sonko for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Manchester United.

Lita has been sidelined by a hip injury, Little is still recovering from an Achilles problem while Convey and Sonko are both still recovering from knee surgery.

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann is expected to play despite not having fully recovered from a broken hand and new signing Kalifa Cisse stands by for a debut. Fellow newcomer Emerse Fae’s lack of match-fitness means he will have to wait for his debut, however.

Provisional squad: Hahnemann, Federici, Murty, De la Cruz, Ingimarsson, Bikey, Duberry, Shorey, Seol, Oster, Harper, Gunnarsson, Cisse, Hunt, Doyle, Kitson, Long.