Meite has returned to French football following a five-year stint in England and is looking forward to a new challenge with Dijon in Ligue 1. Meite told L'Equipe: "After being a 19-year-old at Marseille and playing in the Premier League at 25, a new challenge is just starting. "We will try to build things up and settle In Ligue 1. "I need to find trust and enjoyment again. At Bolton things went smoothly, but at West Brom I had trouble. "I was not part of Roberto Di Matteo's plans, but I persisted. We clashed and I went to train with the youngsters and sometimes I played for the reserves. When Roy Hodgson replaced him, I came back into the starting XI for a while. "I took a lot of blows there, but I didn't complain. I had almost the same experience at Marseille, when I became a scapegoat." While Meite has embraced a move to Dijon, his fasciotherapist - a little known practice designed to prolong a player's career - claims the Ivory Coast international had hoped to secure a move to another Premier League side. Stephane Renaud said: "This was not his first choice. He would have preferred to remain in the Premier League. "He had contacts, but nothing concrete. He also received offers from Turkey and Greece, but nothing persuasive enough."
