Stam: Top 10 tough for Royals

Jaap Stam thinks it will be hard for Reading to finish in the top 10 of the Championship this season, despite their recent surge up the table.

The Royals have climbed up to third after winning their last five league matches in a row.

But Stam, who took over in the summer after being an assistant manager at Ajax, is not getting too carried away with their recent form.

“It’s a very strong league with big teams so I think it will be very hard to end up in the top 10,” he told the EFL Weekly Podcast. “Of course you want to be as high as you can but it’s very difficult.

“There are still a lot of games to go against big sides, we will need everything we can bring to the game to try to maintain our position and get results.

“We need to be realistic with what we can bring with this squad. If everybody is fit and focused we can do very well, but there are a lot of big teams that can make it very difficult.”

While Stam is …

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