Defender Ilori joins Reading from Liverpool

(Reuters) - Defender Tiago Ilori has joined Reading from Liverpool on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee, the Championship side said in a statement on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Portugal youth international joined Liverpool from Sporting Lisbon in 2013 and made three senior appearances for the Premier League club. "Tiago is the type of defender a lot of people like - his technical skill, passing ability, pace, quality and physique. We always want players with those attributes within our squad," Reading manager Jaap Stam told the club website. (www.readingfc.co.uk) (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)