Reading's official website have confirmed that experienced Romanian winger Adrian Popa has departed the Madejski Stadium to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Taawoun on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Since joining in 2017, the 29-year-old has made just 16 league appearances for Reading, who are the only club outside of Romania he has played for to date.

His solitary goal for the club came in March, a late strike against Sheffield Wednesday, who beat the Royals in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday night.

Jaap Stam clearly doesn't view Popa as central to his hopes of avoiding relegation and it looks like a move to get wages off the club bill ahead of swoops for new blood between now and Wednesday night's deadline.

Reading fans took to Twitter to react to the news that Popa, who has played in the Champions League and the Europa League in his time, has left the club.

Here is some of the best reaction...

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