As part of their agreement with the EFL, Reading have also agreed to follow a business plan focused on achieving a number of financial targets - including controlling player-related expenditure - with the objective of moving the club towards compliance of profit and sustainability rules in future. Cross' unwavering self-belief has been integral to his success to date. To beat Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor to lift the World Championship title on debut, you need mental fortitude in abundance. "When it was all said and done, and Ben [Curtis] had lifted the trophy and the programme had finished, then it hit me in a big way. I'm not ashamed to say that I went upstairs, sat on my own and shed a tear, because I thought I missed out on something that day. Left-back Taylor, whose mother is Indian, is one of just five British South Asian players ever to have played in the Premier League.