Royals Complete Yakou Meite Signing

By Hob Nob Anyone?

Reading have completed the signing of young French player Yakou Meite from Paris Saint-Germain. Meite continues Reading's import of European players and signs on a three year contract. At just 20 years old he makes sure that Reading retain a very young first team squad ahead of the new Championship season.

Born in Paris, Meite has been at PSG since he was 13 and has worked through the academy there before making a single late first team appearance in stoppage time in April. With first team opportunities limited at PSG he has made the move to England and will take squad number 19 with the Royals. His parents are from the Ivory Coast and he has featured for the U17s (scoring 1 goal in 5 appearances) and U20s (4 appearances) for his parents home country. He is primarily a left winger.

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MC McDermolenko 29 Jul 2016 · 4:10pm

Anybody know much about him? Signed from PSG.
CO CountryRoyal 29 Jul 2016 · 4:14pm

Dunno. But if hes any good hes going to be my best Meite.
BL bluerinse 29 Jul 2016 · 4:18pm

Apparently we beat Middlesbro and Palace to sign this guy.
AN Anonymous 29 Jul 2016 · 4:20pm

Good to see Reading buying young talent from abroad instead of using their good academy players.
MC McDermolenko 29 Jul 2016 · 4:20pm

https://youtu.be/I6F9QzTDpVU?t=55s Quality goal against Chelsea.
GE genome 29 Jul 2016 · 4:21pm

You spelled confimred wrong.
AN Anonymous 29 Jul 2016 · 4:23pm

Good goal - I remember that. We won.
ON One8Seven1* 29 Jul 2016 · 4:27pm

Leicester and Stoke were rumoured to be interested, and we apparently beat Boro and Palace to his signature. Love Tev!
MA maffff 29 Jul 2016 · 4:37pm

Never heard of him, but the little I've looked up since he looks class. A bit Kebe-esque. PSG offered him a 3 year contract, Palace and Middlesbrough offered him a deal, Leicester supposedly interested and we've beaten them all off. Presumably a combination of being able to offer first team opportunities + Jaap Stam? Appears Tevreden has done us well here on first impression. On his twitter handle he calls himself "La Brute" and Yakou Meite translates to Frank Marsh... :lol: Yakou "La Brute" Méïte aka Frank "The Bully" Marsh. Sounds like someone we'd have signed in the 70's/80's In.
MA maffff 29 Jul 2016 · 4:43pm

A chant of "FRANK, FRANK, FRANK, FRANK" will do for this guy.
NA Nameless 29 Jul 2016 · 4:44pm

It's as well as, not instead of. You are confusing us with Chelsea....
RO RoyalX 29 Jul 2016 · 5:00pm

I'm meitely impressed we've signed this guy

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