Ivory Coast striker set to sign four-year deal from Nice Ivory Coast international Bakari Kone is on the verge of signing a four-year deal with Marseille. Nice were holding out for a fee of 13million euros (£10.3million) for the 26-year-old striker, who still has two years to run on his contract, but the two clubs have reached an agreement on 8million euros (£6.3million). Kone was the leading scorer for Nice last season with 14 goals in 29 league games and the diminutive forward is relishing the chance to follow in the footsteps of former France defender Basile Boli, who was born in the Ivory Coast, and international team-mate Didier Drogba, who left Marseille for Chelsea in 2004. "I am very happy to join this wonderful club, it is a dream come true," he told skysports.com. Dream "I was a child when one famous Ivorian (Boli)...
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