Reading boss Jaap Stam says promotion to the Premier League would be as special as winning the Treble with Manchester United.

The Royals will return to the top flight for the first time since 2013 if they beat Huddersfield at Wembley on Monday.

Stam, 44, said: “To succeed in taking Reading to the Premier League would be one of my biggest achievements.

“It is the start of my career as a manager and for the club the ambition was to eventually go back into the Premier League.

“You need to have a certain structure in achieving that and that's what we spoke about at the start of the season. Nobody expected us to finish in the top six this season.

“We did it because of the quality we have in every rank within the club, in the staff and people working around the club, but also within the team."