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Forest lead chase for Reading twins Joseph and Jubilee Ntege

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Forest lead chase for Reading twins Joseph and Jubilee Ntege

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Nottingham Forest are leading the chase for Reading's teenage twins Joseph and Jubilee Ntege, whose rapid rise now stretches well beyond the Championship.

The 16-year-olds left Reading this summer and have since drawn interest from a cluster of clubs at home and abroad, with Forest joined in the race by Bundesliga side Augsburg, Norwich City and Belgian outfit Genk, according to the Daily Mail.

Left winger Joseph has attracted additional attention from Manchester United and Newcastle United, underlining the scale of interest generated by a breakout campaign in Reading's youth ranks. Joseph registered 35 goals and assists last season, including 12 goal involvements at Under-18 level, while his brother Jubilee contributed 33 goals and assists of his own, with 10 coming for the Under-18s.

Jubilee operates as an attacking midfielder, giving the pair complementary profiles that have made them an attractive package for recruitment staff assessing them as a duo rather than two separate prospects.

Both players were born in Stockholm and moved to London with their mother and grandmother before being spotted playing grassroots football, a discovery that saw Reading fend off competition from Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Fulham to sign them in August 2024.

The twins have since represented Sweden at Under-15 and Under-16 level, a nationality that reflects their upbringing before the family's move to England, and their path from park football to being chased by four countries' worth of academies in under two years marks one of the more striking recruitment stories of the summer.

Their departure from Reading this summer has effectively restarted the recruitment race that the Royals won two years ago, with the same combination of Premier League academies and continental clubs now circling. No club had confirmed a deal for either twin at the time of writing, with the pair's next move still to be decided.

As Nottingham Forest push, whichever club wins the race will inherit two players still growing into senior football, but ones already carrying a reputation well beyond their age group after two seasons in England's system.

For now, both twins remain without a club, free to weigh up whichever project best suits their development, whether that means staying in English football or testing themselves abroad for the first time.