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| Reading duo receive death threats | |
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| Police are investigating death threats made to the Reading players involved in incidents in which Chelsea keepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini were injured. | Police are investigating death threats made to the Reading players involved in incidents in which Chelsea keepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini were injured. |
| Ibrahima Sonko and Stephen Hunt have received a series of letters at the club's Arborfield training ground. | Ibrahima Sonko and Stephen Hunt have received a series of letters at the club's Arborfield training ground. |
| Thames Valley Police said: "The club is helping us with our inquiry and the matter is being investigated." | Thames Valley Police said: "The club is helping us with our inquiry and the matter is being investigated." |
| A Chelsea spokesman added: "There is nothing to suggest these threats came from genuine Chelsea fans." | A Chelsea spokesman added: "There is nothing to suggest these threats came from genuine Chelsea fans." |
| The club is dealing with all my letters and I don't want to say any more Reading winger Stephen Hunt | The club is dealing with all my letters and I don't want to say any more Reading winger Stephen Hunt |
| According to the Reading Chronicle newspaper, one letter said: "We are going to kill you for what you did to our players." | According to the Reading Chronicle newspaper, one letter said: "We are going to kill you for what you did to our players." |
| Reading players treated the first letter as a joke and pinned it up on the door of the training ground dressing-room. | Reading players treated the first letter as a joke and pinned it up on the door of the training ground dressing-room. |
| But when subsequent letters arrived, players were told to treat the threats seriously and the club called in the police to investigate. | But when subsequent letters arrived, players were told to treat the threats seriously and the club called in the police to investigate. |
| Cech is not expected to play again this season after sustaining a fractured skull in a first-minute collision with Hunt in the game at the Madejski stadium on 14 October. | |
| Cudicini needed oxygen after being stretchered off in a last-minute collision with Sonko, and only recently returned to action. | Cudicini needed oxygen after being stretchered off in a last-minute collision with Sonko, and only recently returned to action. |
| Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hit out at Hunt's challenge, but neither Hunt nor Sonko faced any sanction from the Football Association. | Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hit out at Hunt's challenge, but neither Hunt nor Sonko faced any sanction from the Football Association. |
| Winger Hunt, on international duty with the Republic of Ireland, said: "The club is dealing with all my letters and I don't want to say any more." | Winger Hunt, on international duty with the Republic of Ireland, said: "The club is dealing with all my letters and I don't want to say any more." |
| Sonko confirmed he had received a letter but made no further comment. | Sonko confirmed he had received a letter but made no further comment. |
| Chelsea's spokesman added: "Naturally, we condemn any threats of this nature and we will assist the police fully if - and we stress if - there is any evidence linking theses threats to any of our supporters." | Chelsea's spokesman added: "Naturally, we condemn any threats of this nature and we will assist the police fully if - and we stress if - there is any evidence linking theses threats to any of our supporters." |