Sam Smith returns to Reading after Cambridge exit

📝 Welcome home, @samtsmith_!

Sam's back!

We are delighted to confirm that striker Sam Smith has signed a three-year contract with the Royals - back where it all began.

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— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) July 17, 2023

"Sam has all the attributes we are seeking in a new recruit – young and hungry for success, full of energy, power and explosive pace, a proven goalscoring record at this level and his roots are Royal!

"I'm delighted he is come back home to Reading Football Club and I can't wait to see how, during two years at Cambridge, he has matured into the player he is now and what sort of a striker he can become in the next three years in blue and white hoops," head of football operations Mark Bowen told the club's official website.