Reading football chief Nicky Hammond is confident keeping Leroy Lita beyond this week's transfer deadline.

"I do not expect Leroy Lita to leave during the transfer window and I still want him to commit to Reading." Hammond told the Reading Evening Post.

"I'm sure other clubs will look at the Leroy situation and think there is an opportunity there.

"But the manager has said all along he needs four forwards for healthy competition and there is hardly anyone we want to lose in the transfer window."