Reading have offered their vacant manager’s job to Paul Clement after sacking Jaap Stam yesterday.

The former Swansea City head coach is in talks with the club, and both parties are confident that an agreement can be reached in the next few days.

Clement was sacked by Swansea just before Christmas with the club cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League. The 46-year-old saved them from relegation last season after inheriting the team in a similar position 12 months previously.

Clement has been approached by Reading’s recently appointed chief executive, Ron Gourlay, who he knows from his time as a coach at Chelsea. Reading were planning to give Stam until the end of the season given his success in leading them to the