Burnley have signed former Saints defender Joseph Mills on loan Reading.

Mills joined Reading last summer and played 14 times as they won promotion to the Premier League but has been deemed surplus to requirements as the Royals prepare for the top flight.

Mills said: "Last season I got a good few games under my belt and it ended in great success.

"But this season I want to be playing games, and with the Premier League and the funding Reading have now got, they have gone out and brought someone else in.

"The squad that the manager (Eddie Howe) is putting together is young and hungry, which is most important, and have a good philosophy in the way they play."