FORMER Reading FC star Yakou Meite is poised to make a move to Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer.
Meite departed the Royals at the expiration of his contract last month after rejecting a new deal.
After being linked with several clubs, including Standard Liege in Belgium, it now appears that Meite will move to the Welsh capital.
The 27-year-old will join another former Royal, Andy Rinomhota, who also moved to Cardiff on a free transfer last summer.
Meite has been with Reading since joining from Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer in July 2016.
After a one year loan deal in France with Sochaux, Meite has become a regular in the Royals team under various managers and has provided a consistent stream of goals during his six seasons in Berkshire.
The 27-year-old netted 37 goals in 102 Championship matches between 2018-2021 before he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture which kept him out for almost seven months.
Since returning from injury, Meite struggled at the back end of the 2021/22 campaign which became the first season that he didn’t manage to score a league goal since arriving.
Meite leaves the club with a record of 42 goals in 156 Championship matches.
