The League Paper

REBORN ROYALS SPARKLE

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 April 2021

Paunovic wins over doubters
By Hugo Varley

TEAM EFFORT: George Puscas, second from right, celebrates scoring Reading’s second against Derby with his team-mates
PICTURE: Alamy

BACK in August, Veljko Paunovic’s arrival in the hotseat at Reading caught almost everyone by surprise.
Apart from a handful of seasons in charge of Chicago Fire in MLS, the former Serbia and Montenegro midfielder was somewhat of a rookie when it came to club coaching.
In truth, supporter alarm seemed justified. Paunovic was an unknown quantity with no experience of the English footballing pyramid an...

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