Reading FC have had a relatively mediocre season thus far in the Sky Bet Championship.
After the sacking of Steve Clarke back in December, the Royals have sustained some consistency with the return of Brian McDermott who had previously managed the club from 2009 to 2013.
McDermott took over at the Championship outfit with them sitting in 14th place in the league standings. However, with a resurgence in confidence, results have improved under the Englishman and Reading now sit in 11th place in the Sky Bet Championship.
The main reason for a resurgence in performances in results is because of the quality Reading are beginning to show in their performances.
Most notably, they defeated West Brom 3-1 in the FA Cup fifth round to reach the sixth round of the domestic competition.
Goals from Michael Hector and Lucas Piazon helped to that impressive coup over the Premier League side.
The win over Tony Pulis' men made it very clear to us how impressive the Reading squad is; and, potentially, how some of their players could perform in the Premier League.
FootballLeagueWorld writer, Reece Chambers, identifies FIVE Reading players that could make it to the Premier League.....
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Michael Hector
Like many Reading players, Hector has been on the books of Premier League clubs.
In a deadline day deal, Hector signed for Premier League club Chelsea.
As part of the deal, he was sent back on loan to the Royals for the 2015–16 season.
Hector was spotted by Reading after playing against them in a friendly for Barking Abbey and joined on scholarship terms at the start of the 2009–10 season.
Between signing for Reading and penning his Chelsea deal in 2015, Hector was loaned out to a number of Football League including Barnet and Cheltenham Town.
So far this season, he has made a great contribution at the heart of the Royals' defence - helping his side to 11 clean sheets in the league. His power and strength will also be something on the radar of Premier League sides due to the fact that he can ease strikers of with very little effort.
After a few years of getting some experience under his belt, Hector looks to be reaching new heights in his career. The 23 year-old has made 24 league appearances this season as well as appearing twice in the FA Cup.
Not known for his attacking ability, Hector has also scored a goal in his sides historic 3-1 win over West Brom in the FA last month. As a result, you'd fully expect Chelsea to be looking at the younger defender for a potential return to Stamford Bridge as captain John Terry looks to be heading out the London club at the end of the season.
Matěj Vydra
After a successful loan spell at Watford whereby he scored 16 goals to help the Championship side to the Premier League last season, Watford signed him on a permanent deal from Udinese where he had 2 appearances in a 5 year spell.
Vydra had several loans whilst on the books of Udinese, Vydra spent time out on loan at Club Brugge and West Brom as well as Watford. However, with the arrival of Chico Sanchez Flores in the summer, Vydra had no opportunity to prove his worth to the Spaniard and therefore joined Reading on loan in September.
Since then, the Czech-Republic international has had 22 appearances for the club and has become the Royals' top scorer in all competitions.
The goals soring contribution from the striker has not gone unnoticed and boss Brian McDermott has said that Vydra is constantly “putting himself on the line” for the club.
The quality of Vydra cannot be questioned given that he is a striker has attracted Premier League Quality before. Therefore, you'd find it hard to say that we wont see this striker in the Premier League again - given that he is only 23 years old.