Michael Hector: Sheffield Wednesday fan favourite, former Chelsea and Fulham man on trial with Championship club

Michael Hector won the ultimate Wednesday gong in his only season with the club in 2018/19, which he spent on loan from Chelsea.

The Owls had been linked with a possible effort at bringing him back to Hillsborough from time to time – most notably in the summer of 2019 – though nothing is believed to have got too close in terms of any deal.

A Jamaica international, Hector has been out of contract and looking for a club since his three-year stint with Fulham ended in the summer.

And it seems he could be honing in on a return to club football after Reading boss Paul Ince confirmed he was training with the Royals ahead of a possible return to the club at which he started his senior career.

“We had Michael come in last week,” Ince told reporters when quizzed on Hector’s potential signing.

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“He played in the friendly with Brentford and did a bit of training.

“We’ll see where we go with that. Mark Bowen [Reading Head of Football Operations] 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.”

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Despite much-publicised off-field issues this year, Reading have started life brightly in the Championship and sit third.

A Reading switch would reunite Hector with his old Owls teammate Sam Hutchinson, who has started the Royals’ last six league matches.