Royals defender Alan Bennett has agreed to join League Two side Brentford on loan.

Alan is a 26-year-old centre half who signed from Cork City fourteen months ago. He still awaits his Royals debut, but was on the bench for our first team during the away defeat to Chelsea in January.

He spent a number of months on loan at Southampton this season, and he is a full Irish international, having played during a post-season tour of American last year.

He joins Royals keeper Ben Hamer on loan at Griffin Park. We now have a total of 13 players out on loan, with the others as follows:

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Mikkel Andersen at Torquay until 24th March.
Leroy Lita at Charlton until 31st March.
James Henry at Norwich until 28th April.
Adam Bygrave at Gillingham until 3rd May.
Hal Robson-Kanu at Southend until 3rd May.
Scott Davies at Aldershot until 3rd May.
Curtis Osano at Rushden until 3rd May.
Ben Hamer at Brentford until 4th May.
Alex Pearce at Norwich until 4th May.
Sam Sodje at Charlton until 4th May.
Graham Stack at Wolves until 30th June.
Simon Church at Yeovil until 30th June.

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