Coppell waved goodbye, and dropped him for the Newcastle fixture, saying he was making plans without him. And good on him!
Suddenly Sidwell realised one of his options was closed and told SKY TV "I haven't left Reading yet, I may want to stay", to which Coppell added "he's going!"
Newcastle were in the hunt, but as we all know, things are not "too clever" at St James' Park this week. And Everton are bidding to take advantage of the managerial upheaval by stealing the Reading player when it was thought a deal had been done by Glenn Roeder.