Alen Halilovic sends clear message to Paul Ince amid current Reading FC struggles

Reading midfielder Alen Halilovic has taken to Twitter to let supporters know he’s fit and ready to be picked for the team again, seemingly issuing a plea to manager Paul Ince to pick him as his side continues to fight relegation.

The Croatian has suffered with injury troubles throughout the 2021/22 campaign and that has limited his involvement this term, making just 11 league appearances for the Royals and failing to make a real impact because of that.

His woes have summed up the Berkshire outfit’s current season, struggling on the pitch and off the pitch with injuries across the first-team squad hampering their progress.

But now they have the majority of their key players back, they are still struggling to pick up points and find themselves just four points clear of the relegation zone at this stage, desperately needing as many wins and draws on the board as possible in their quest to survive.

Despite Halilovic’s CV though, he hasn’t been able to get into the squad recently with the likes of Ovie Ejaria, Lucas Joao, Tom Dele-Bashiru and Brandon Barker all available as attacking options on the bench against Nottingham Forest yesterday afternoon.

That may be an impressive array of options to have at Paul Ince’s disposal – but the 25-year-old has sent a clear message to the ex-England international as he looks to make a real impact between now and the end of this term.

Posting on Twitter this afternoon, he stated: “Healthy and still waiting for my turn to play and help the team…”

Healthy and still waiting for my turn to play and help the team…