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Reading FC are of verge of completing a deal for Portuguese striker Orlando Sa.

The 27-year-old flew into London yesterday and is due to undergo a medical before sealing a switch to Madejski Stadium.

It is thought Royals will pay Legia Warsaw €1.5 million for the frontman, which is just over £1m. They saw off interest from Greek side AEK Athens to land the forward, who spent a season at Fulham in 2011/12.

In his one-and-a-half seasons at Legia, Sa scored 15 times but he never truly settled and rumours were rife of a breakdown in his relationship with his manager, former Manchester United and Blackburn defender Henning Berg.

But despite his problems with Berg, Sa did have an impressive scoring record in Poland.

Last season he was Legia’s top scorer with 13 league goals, despite only starting 15 games. He came off the bench 11 times.

He finished the campaign averaging a goal every 122 minutes, the best goals to minutes ratio of anyone in the Ekstraklasa.

Reading hope to complete their swoop for Sa before the weekend.