Ivorian star Jean Michael Seri who moved from OGC Nice in France to English premier league side Fulham revealed the reason why he opted for a move to the premier league returnees when the likes of the big guns all going after his signature claiming the way Fulham pursued him helped make the decision to join the Premier League club a lot easier.

It took £25million for OGC Nice to sell the Ivory coast midfielder, who was close to joining Barcelona in 2017 and prior to his Craven Cottage move, was linked with Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea, as well as the Manchester clubs.

But the big boys didn’t make him feel wanted the way Fulham did and it was a real coup for Slavisa Jokanovic’s side to sign a player known as the ‘African Xavi’.

The 27-year-old Ivory Coast international has made a seamless transition from Ligue 1 to the Premier League and has already scored his first goal for the club, a spectacular effort in the 4-2 win against Burnley.

“When I played for Pacos de Ferreira in Portugal, Nice came for me and they really came. Fulham wanted me the same way,” Seri said in an interview with The Times. “They said, ‘We want you, come to Fulham.’

“Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, they saw me but they didn’t say, ‘We want you.’ Because Fulham gave me this respect, although other clubs wanted me, I wanted to sign for Fulham.

“Fulham said to my president: ‘We want Mica Seri, talk to him if he’s interested because we know Chelsea, Manchester want him and he almost signed for Barcelona but we are back in the Premier League.’ My president calls me, he says: ‘Fulham want you, do you want to go?’ I say, ‘If they want me, they respect me. The big clubs want me but Fulham show they want me.’”

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