Reading Football Club are delighted to announce that 24-year-old forward Harvey Knibbs has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the Royals.
Knibbs joined the first team group that travelled out to Spain last week as he prepares for life in League One in blue and white hoops. Now, the ink has dried on the paperwork and Harvey is a Reading player!
A product of Aston Villa’s Academy, Knibbs joined Cambridge United at the start of the 2019-20 season and he scored a brace on his home debut at Abbey Stadium to earn his new side a 3-2 home win over Scunthorpe United.
Harvey ended his maiden campaign as top goalscorer at United, scoring a total of nine goals in 31 appearances for the League Two club.
Knibbs helped the Us achieve automatic promotion to League One the following year and he continued to impress in amber, scoring on the opening day of last season in a 1-0 home win over MK Dons.
He scored four more times in 2022-23, finding the back of the net against Wycombe, Charlton, Morecambe and promotion-winners Ipswich Town in 35 league starts for United.
Twin brother to a professional hurdler, Knibbs was due to be out of contract this summer and he now embarks on a new challenge as a Royal!
Head of Football Operations, Mark Bowen, said “Harvey has been on our radar for some time now and we are very pleased he has agreed to sign a contract with us. Young, quick, hungry, hard-working and with a natural creative spark, I am delighted he has agreed to be a part of what we are striving to achieve at Reading.”
