The loan window opened on Tuesday, allowing Football League clubs to make temporary signings.

The window runs until November 27, during which time clubs can agree deals for players for a period of between 28 and 93 days.

A number of players on the fringes of Premier League squads will be available and firmly on Reading’s radar.

A left-back remains a top priority for boss Nigel Adkins as back-up to Jordan Obita.

His options in the full-back position are extremely limited with Shaun Cummings facing months on the sidelines following knee surgery this week and Stephen Kelly still recovering from injury.

However, much-needed funds provided by prospective new Royals owner Khunying Sasima Srivikorn means Adkins is now in a strong position to make a move in the loan window.

“The potential new owners have been terrific over the last few weeks with their backing of the manager,” Hammond told the Chronicle. “I am sure that will continue going into the loan window.

“We will look closely at the market and see what’s available. More importantly than that, we will also be in a much better position to plan for the January transfer window.”

Reading brought in five new faces during the transfer window for permanent signings which closed last week.

Glenn Murray, Simon Cox, Jamie Mackie, Anton Ferdinand and Oliver Norwood have arrived at Madejski Stadium, while Alex McCarthy, Adam Le Fondre and Sean Morrison departed for close to £8 million in total.

A host of senior players including last season’s skipper Jobi McAnuff were also released when their contacts expired earlier in the summer.

That came at a time when Reading were counting the cost of Anton Zingarevich’s failed takeover which left the club £21 million in the red and without a recognised owner.

However, that turbulent period will finally end when the Football League rubber stamp the fresh takeover by Srivikorn and her Thai consortium.

Hammond explained: “The important thing is we did some transfer business and we are very grateful to the new owners. They have been fantastic.

“It’s been a tough summer for us. We can look back to the previous season when we missed out on the play-offs and had to let some very good professionals go.

“But that was our position at the time and we also sold Adam Le Fondre. From a cash-flow perspective, that needed to be done. We didn’t particularly want to sell him, but we had to.”

Le Fondre was reluctantly sold to Cardiff City for £2.5 million so that Reading could pay a tax bill, and Hammond admitted: “We never want to sell our best players and Adam was our top goalscorer last season.

“Sean Morrison is a very good centre-back at this level, but we had to make those tough decisions for the future of the club. Hopefully, we’re in a different place as a club now than where we were back in July.”

And he also explained that McCarthy’s move to Premier League QPR, worth up to £4 million, was for the benefit of both Reading and the 24-year-old keeper who wants to play for England.

“There are players with ambitions to move to other clubs and you have to take that into consideration,” added Hammond. “What is the mindset of that player going to be if they don’t move on? You consider all of these factors before reaching a decision that’s best for everyone.”

Reading return from a two week international break when they take on Fulham at Madejski Stadium this Saturday (3pm ko).

Centre-back Anton Ferdinand has suffered an injury setback and will be sidelined for at least three more weeks after tweaking his hamstring in training.