Royals eye Gibbs loan

Chief executive hints at move for versatile teenager

By James Dall   Last updated: 18th August 2008

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Reading chief executive Nigel Howe has hinted the club are looking to land Arsenal teenager Kieran Gibbs on a season-long loan.

The Royals are in the market for a left-back back following Nicky Shorey's departure to Aston Villa this summer.

Gibbs, 18, is low down in the pecking order at Emirates Stadium and a move to play regular first-team football could prove attractive.

Howe is hopeful the Championship club will be able to bolster their squad before the end of the transfer window, and he believe Gibbs could be a realistic target.

"It is important we get the right person in. Gibbs is the sort of player Arsenal will loan out," Howe said in the Daily Mirror.

"Signing a Premier League player for the season could be attractive to a club like ours."

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