Former Reading captain Liam Moore has labelled his time at the club as a 'rollercoaster' and has delved into his summer as a free agent in a recent podcast appearance.

The 30-year-old spent seven years with the Royals after originally joining in 2016, captaining the club from 2019 until 2022 and making over 200 club appearances.

However, it was not without controversy with multiple rumours of the defender wanting a move away and owner Dai Yongge stripping the Jamaica international of the club captaincy under Veljko Paunovic.

Hit badly with injuries last season, the centre-back featured just three times under Paul Ince and was released at the end of the season following relegation.

Speaking to the Ballers Mindset Podcast, the defender said: "That move to Reading was perfect and I signed for the best defender to ever play the game, so that was massive. Everything is a rollercoaster. I had some incredible highs there and some really bad lows, but when you do things for the right reasons you will always be able to look at yourself in the mirror and if things have gone negatively, I can say: ‘Okay it is not nice at this given moment, but I am not going to regret this because I know I did it for the right reasons.’"

Now a free agent following his release, the defender failed to find a club during the summer transfer window.

Able to sign for teams all year round, Moore delved into his difficult summer and his attempts to return to the professional game in the coming weeks.

"It's been a slow burner," he told the podcast. "I’m not going to sit here and say the phone has been off the hook and I’m just being picky- it’s been a few. I missed a lot of football, which will be a red mark against my name for a lot of teams. I feel like recruitment could be a little bit better in this country because some teams wouldn’t even know that I was fit. I would have been prepared, at the start of the season, to go into any good-level club and prove I am fit.

Reading Chronicle:

"I had a couple of clubs. I met one club and went in to meet the manager, went to the training ground and met the staff and thought it was a foregone conclusion- it didn’t happen, and they went with somebody else. I had an offer from a League One team three or four weeks ago and I was game. I’m prepared to drop down, that is not an issue. When it came to negotiations and the contract it was as straightforward as you like from my point of view- I’ve got no number it has to be. Just put an offer on the table that respects me in your club. If your club, in general terms, pays £100 per week on average, put me around £100 a week.

"You’ve got to consider that I’ve had my injuries but don’t take the p**s and lowball me. This club came in and it was a proper kick in the teeth. I wanted to play- I was desperate to play. But you’ve got to respect yourself.