The Ajax of England. Total Football. Premier League worthy within three years.
They are an ambitious lot at Reading and their trip to Old Trafford in the FA Cup third round will allow them to measure how far they are from that third and final target.
This is the doing of Brian Tevreden, the Dutch director of football who brought Jaap Stam to the Championship and made implementing the Ajax mentality a top priority.
The 34-year-old was a player and a coach at the famous Ajax academy, the one that paved the way for Dennis Bergkamp, Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Patrick Kluivert, Frank De Boer and more.