Reading hit by Little injury blow

Reading winger Glenn Little will have an operation on his Achilles on Wednesday that will leave him sidelined for up to six months.

Little, 31, has not played for the club this season and his injury has not responded to treatment.

"I've scrapped this season, anything I get out of it is a bonus," Little told BBC Radio Berkshire.

Team-mate Kalifa Cisse will have an operation on his knee on Friday and will miss six weeks.

"Cisse is still having some problem with the cartilage in the knee," said Royals physio Jon Fearn told the club website.

Midfielder Cisse joined Reading from Boavista in May and has made three appearances for the Royals this season.

Little joined Reading from Burnley in June 2008 but his career has been restricted by injury problems.

The Irishman missed the latter stages of last season with the Achilles injury but is now hopeful surgery in Sweden will finally resolve the problem.

"I've been mucking about getting it to a certain level and it keeps breaking down," added Little.

"The man who's doing it knows what he's talking about - he seems to think it'll be pretty routine and it'll just be a case of operating and getting back out there.

"The only problem is a tendon takes longer to heal than a muscle, but hopefully that's the end of it.

"It'd be great if it was four months (before I return) but I'd probably say write the season off."