Reading ready to make fresh approach to former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins Adkins has also been strongly linked with taking over at Leeds United when Neil Warnock leaves the Championship club at the end of the season. It is believed that Adkins might favour joining Leeds, with the club's huge potential, although the situation surrounding the club's owners far from clear. Adkins has spoken to Reading's director of football Nicky Hammond and the club is understood to have offered a £1.5m bonus to whoever takes over if he manages to avoid relegation. Poyet had initially indicated he would be interested after being granted permission by Brighton to speak to Reading who would have had to pay a compensation package of £2.5m. But the Uruguayan is also concerned that he would have a relegation on his CV should Reading go down - even though he would not be responsible for that happening. Poyet was frustrated as to whether or not Brighton were serious about a promotion push, and had complained about the sale of players such as Craig Noone, as he has made no secret of the fact that he wants to be a Premier League manager as soon as possible. But he also weighed up the merits of the two squads and decided he would be better off staying to see if Brighton could be promoted via the play-offs - they currently sit outside the zone on goal difference - or if a Premier League club came calling in the summer. Although Reading are set to be relegated there is money being made available by Zingarevich, who is taking over from John Madjeski, not least through the parachute payments the club will receive through demotion. Adkins is believed to be a naturally cautious character and the 48-year-old may be concerned at the direction in which Reading are heading under the new owner and whether he will be given time to re-build the team. Adkins was harshly sacked by Southampton in January despite having secured back-to-back promotions after succeeding Alan Pardew in September 2010 when the club was in League One. If Reading cannot persuade him to take over the club may simply bide its time until the end of the season, keeping Dolan in place until then, which raises question marks over why they decided to sack McDermott even if there had been concern over his tactics. However that will alarm supporters who will fear a re-run of what happened at Wolverhampton Wanderers last season when Mick McCarthy was sacked, the job was offered to other managers, who turned it down, and assistant Terry Connor took over. Wolves then went into freefall and now face a fight against relegation from the Championship. Fans will also be angry that Zingarevich, who is making funds available for the next manager, did not invest in the January transfer window when Reading had a far greater chance of survival.