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Gylfi Sigurdsson seals £6m move from Reading to Hoffenheim
guardian.co.uk Aug 31 2010 06:34
• 20-year-old scored 16 goals in 32 games for Reading• Sigurdsson has `huge potential to develop further`Gylfi Sigurdsson has completed a move from Championship club Reading to Hoffenheim for a deal worth a reported €7.3m (£6m).The Icelandic midfielder signed a four-year contract with the Bundesliga club, before immediately departing to join up with the Iceland squad ahead of Euro 2012 qualifiers against Norway and Denmark.The 20-year-old scored 16 goals in 32 games for Reading, and Hoffenheim team manager Ernst Tanner said: "Gylfi Sigurdsson, although only 20-years-old, has a great ability to score from midfield and we still see in him huge potential to develop further."Sigurdsson joined Reading as a youngster in 2005, and had loan spells at Crewe and Shrewsbury before br