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Loader named August 2018 PL2 Player of the Month

10 Sep 2018

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Danny Loader has been named the PL2 Player of the Month for August.

The Reading striker scored three times in a month in which he turned 18, also helping the Royals to open their Premier League International Cup campaign with a win over Leicester City.

Loader was selected by the Premier League’s Football Development Panel from a nine-man shortlist.

#PL2 Player of the Month for August 2018 🙌

Huge congratulations to @DannyNamaso, who has this morning been confirmed as the first prize-winner of the new campaign...https://t.co/aM3MHcj7DG
— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) September 10, 2018

See: Reading's profile for D anny Loader

PL2 Player of the Month nominees

Aaron Connolly (Brighton)
Angel Gomes (Man Utd)
Viktor Gyokeres (Brighton)
Tariq Lamptey (Chelsea)
Danny Loader (Reading)
Luke Molyneux (Sunderland)
Layton Ndukwu (Leicester)
Xande Silva (West Ham)
Nabil Touaizi (Man City)