Free agent Michael Hector is training with Reading FC ahead of a potential return to the club.
The defender is available on a free transfer after leaving Fulham in the summer.
Hector rose up through the youth ranks with the Royals after joining in 2009 and made his Championship debut in 2014.
When asked about the player, Reading manager Paul Ince said: “We had Michael (Hector) come in last week. He played in the friendly with Brentford and did a bit of training.
“We’ll see where we go with that. Mark Bowen will speak with Hector’s dad who is his agent and we’ll see what happens.
“But I think that’s it now and we will go with what we’ve got.”
Having had numerous loan spells during his time with Reading including: Bracknell TOwn, Didcot Town, Havant & Waterlooville, Oxford City, Dundalk, Barnet, Shrewsbury Town, Aldershot Town and Cheltenham Town, he eventually broke into the Reading team.
Hector impressed with his displays in the 2014/15 season where he became a mainstay in the first-team and played 41 times in the Championship, scoring three times.
His eye-catching performances earned him a move to Premier League Chelsea on transfer deadline day in 2015 and returned to the Royals on a season-long loan deal.
Despite his big move to West London, Hector didn’t make a single senior appearance for Chelsea during four years and was shipped out on loan deals at Eintracht Frankfurt, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday.
Hector found a permanent home in 2019 when he moved to Fulham.
He helped Fulham win promotion to the Premier League in 2020 after they defeated Brentford in the play-off final.
The 30-year-old has also won 35 international caps for Jamaica.
The Royals are under a transfer embargo which has limited them to signing loan players and free agents for the second consecutive season.
