Fulham cult hero Neeskens Kebano has reacted to a fantastic performance from Jean Michael Seri at the African Cup of Nations on Monday.
Marco Silva has sold both players but not before they made crucial contributions to the team.
Kebano took to Instagram to celebrate his old teammate starring in the Ivory Coast.
When Marco Silva first arrived at Fulham, he had plenty of players at his disposal who had struggled under his predecessors.
One of those players was Jean Michael Seri, who had never really settled at Craven Cottage.
The Ivorian joined alongside defender Maxime Le Marchand in a deal worth a combined £30m.
Alongside Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, it was a sign of Fulham returning to the big time after their promotion from the Championship.
Unfortunately, that campaign was a disaster with Seri failing to live up to expectations.
Seri finally repaid the faith shown in him by Fulham when he had his best season at the club in 2021/22 and helped us win the Championship alongside Neeskens Kebano and co.
Silva decided it wasn’t the right decision to extend his expiring contract for their return to the Premier League and he has since joined Hull City.
That hasn’t affected his place in the Ivory Coast national team and he was named player of the match as they knocked out reigning champions Senegal last night.
Kebano hails former Fulham teammate Seri
Posting on his Instagram story after the match, Kebano said: “Technical director of Ivorian football what a score. But in the semi-final against us, you can’t resist.”
As Kebano alludes to, Seri will be facing his country DR Congo in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations.
With the support of a home crowd behind them, the Elephants now stand a great chance of reaching the final.
Kebano and Seri will both be hoping their respective nations can get past Fulham duo Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey.
The pair are still in the tournament with Nigeria and both started their win in the last 16.
Not only that, the Fulham connection at AFCON was strengthened even further when Bassey set up a goal for another familiar name; Ademola Lookman.