Amado Mbengue: Reading defender signs new contract

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Image caption, Amadou Mbengue started 18 Championship games last season as Reading were relegated from the second tier

Defender Amadou Mbengue has signed a new two-year deal with League One club Reading.

The 21-year-old joined the Royals last September after leaving Metz.

A Senegal Under-23 international, he scored two goals in 28 appearances in all competitions last season.

"His unrelenting enthusiasm and eagerness to work and learn made him a real asset towards the culture we want to build," head of football operations Mark Bowen told