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Cardiff City have signed former Reading striker Yakou Meite on a two-year deal.<\/span><\/p>\n Meite, 27, was a free agent after turning down a new deal at the Royals following their relegation from the Championship last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Ivory Coast international confirmed last month he would leave Reading after scoring 47 goals in 165 appearances since joining in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n “It wasn’t a difficult decision to join Cardiff City once they came in for me,” Meite said.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve had many conversations with the manager (Erol Bulut), and I very much liked what I heard from him and the project he wanted to achieve at this club.”<\/span><\/p>\n Meite is the third recruit for new Bluebirds boss Bulut.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s a great signing for us,” Bulut said. “He will help us a lot with his power and his speed. <\/span><\/p>\n “He has played the last five or six years in the Championship, so he knows the league very well. <\/span><\/p>\n “He knows how to score goals, which is very important for us. It will take a little bit of time, but it’s good that he’s come here with one month to go until the league begins. We will get him ready for then.”<\/span><\/p>\n Meite, who scored four times in 27 appearances last season, was at Paris St-Germain before moving to Reading. <\/span><\/p>\n Cardiff – who cannot pay transfer fees for players because of an EFL embargo – completed moves for Canada striker Ike Ugbo and Greece centre-back Dimitrios Goutas earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n