Newcastle forward Siem de Jong is poised to rejoin Ajax while teammate Emmanuel Riviere is talking over a move to Metz.
Reading had agreed to sign De Jong for £2million on a three-year deal but the 28-year-old has turned down the Championship side and agreed to take a pay cut at Ajax where he spent seven years until joining Newcastle in 2014.
Riviere, 27, signed from Monaco in the summer of 2014, and was told to find a new club this summer by manager Rafa Benitez. He has opened negotiations with French side Metz over a two-year deal.