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Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has admitted his admiration for Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell.
The Royals ace, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been linked with a move to St James' Park.
Roeder told The Chronicle: "I wouldn't be disrespectful to Steve Coppell or Reading by talking about his players. We wouldn't like it if other clubs did that to us.
"But I do know that Sidwell has come on leaps and bounds. He has become a very good box-to-box player.
"He has never stopped improving - but he is still a Reading player.
"And it is not fair to talk about him at the moment in any other way."
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