Reading's US goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann has blamed some of his teammates for their collective failure to stay in the Premier League.

The Royals blanked Derby 4-0 on Sunday, but were relegated to the Championship after Fulham won 1-0 at Portsmouth to edge them out on goal difference.

"I think some people might not be as devastated as I am," Hahnemann told BBC Radio Berkshire. "It might be because of personal situations with some guys leaving. But you have to play well to leave and I don't know if some guys did themselves any favors."

Of the Reading players out of contract this summer, only Michael Duberry with 13 appearances and John Oster with 18 have played more than a handful of games.

Striker Kevin Doyle is rumored to be heading to Sunderland during the close season to link up with a fellow Irishman, coach Roy Keane. The Black Cats are also said to be interested in Royals attackers Stephen Hunt, Dave Kitson and Leroy Lita.

Left back Nicky Shorey, who had interested West Ham earlier in the season, now looks a certain departure from the Madejski, having rejected a contract extension. Newcastle are expected to launch a $5 million bid for his services shortly.

Americans Bobby Convey and Hahnemann are expected to stay, however. Convey's injury-ravaged season yielded only 20 league appearances, though Hahnemann was ever-present through all 38 games.

"I'm going to be here, I'm sure of that," the US custodian told the Reading Chronicle. "I've got another year on my contract."

Hahnemann, who turns 36 in June, said coming to terms with relegation is now the big challenge for the club, which lies 40 miles west of London.

"We sat in the dressing room in silence. It was just devastating," he said of his team's post-game realization at Pride Park. "We're not Premiership players anymore. That's something we have to get into our heads as quickly as possible. It will be devastating financially for this club and for all the players as well."

While the fans' post-mortems are in full swing, Hahnemann has produced a whole list of reasons for Reading's demise.

"We went on an eight-game losing run, we lost at home to Fulham - you name it," he blared. "We had the same back four throughout last season."

"This season we had to change it countless times because of injury. That was a huge factor. We didn't have a solid core of the team and there was also a degree of complacency. Teams figured us out a bit and maybe we were too predictable."