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BARROW WHEELS IN TO LIFT STAM’S ROYALS

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The LeaguePaper Team
6 August 2017

By Luke Baker

SWITCH: Modou Barrow

CHAMPIONSHIP
MODOU BARROW says Reading’s style of play convinced him to drop down to the Championship on a permanent basis.
The 24-year-old Gambian forward has lain his hat at the Madjeski Stadium after completing a move from Swansea City for a reported fee of £1.5m, weeks after the Premier League outfit rejected a bid of £1.25m from the Royals.
Barrow, who made 51 top-flight appearances for the Swans, has had three loan spells in the Championship, most recently spending the second half of last season at Leeds United, and believes that...

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