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Joe Lumley: Reading sign Middlesbrough keeper on season-long loan

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Joe Lumley has agreed to join fellow Championship side Reading on a season-long loan.

The 27-year-old made 39 appearances for Boro last season, keeping 14 clean sheets, as they finished seventh to narrowly miss out on a play-off spot.

Royals manager Paul Ince said it had been a priority to recruit a goalkeeper before the new campaign.

"The goalkeeping position was a difficult one to solve for this club last season," he said.

"Lumley is a tall, confident, capable young keeper and he will be hungry to stake a claim for the goalkeeper position," added Ince.