Reading FC news’ former United goalkeeper has been signed by Reading to a one-year contract after serving as a long-term trialist.

Joel Pereira has been signed by Reading to a one-year contract after serving as a long-term trialist.

Joel Pereira has been signed by Reading to a one-year contract after serving as a long-term trialist.
The 25-year-old goalkeeper has been a preseason member of the Royals, but it is only now, eight days after the summer transfer window closed, that he formally signs.

The Portuguese goalkeeper, who was formerly with Manchester United and played three times after passing through the development system, has spent two of his six loan periods away from Old Trafford playing in League One and the Championship.

In the first-team goalkeeper union, he is joined by David Button and Coniah Boyce-Clarke, with Dean Bouzanis going on loan to his old team, Sutton United.

The goalkeeper played five times with RKC Waalewijk in the Dutch top division before leaving permanently in 2021.

Joel Pereira

“Our goal during this summer’s rebuilding process has been to create strength in depth across all areas of the pitch,” said Mark Bowen, the Royals’ Head of Football Operations. Joel’s hiring gives us an additional goalkeeping option, and during his time in training with the club, he has demonstrated a desire to put in the effort necessary to live up to our high standards and challenge the other goalkeepers for the starting position.