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He scored in only his second game for Stoke in the 3-1 win against Bournemouth in February last year but the former France U21 player failed to make the impact Mark Hughes had hoped for and he fell down the pecking order when Darren Fletcher arrived on a free transfer from West Brom.

Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic urged the club not to sell the forward when Reading’s interest first became known earlier this summer, but a deal has now been struck for a player who scored nine goals for the Cottagers last season. 

The 22-year-old Simon, who grabbed the second goal when Nigeria beat Cameroon 3-0 in their last confrontation during an international friendly at the Edmond Machtens Stadium in Brussels (Belgium) in October 2015, believes the Super Eagles are in a good frame of mind to tame the African Champions again. Here are the excerpts of the interview with CAFOnline.com