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According to Sky Sports, Celtic held talks with Marseille regarding a deal for star striker Moussa Dembele.
Dembele helped Celtic win the treble last season as well as going unbeaten in the same season, scoring 32 and assisting nine in 49 appearances which has led to interest from French giants Marseille.
However, Brendan Rodgers wants to keep onto the French forward until they’ve completed their Champions League qualification in August, so if Marseille want to bring someone in quick then they’ll go for AC Milan’s Carlos Bacca, who has been linked recently.
Dembele signed for Celtic last summer, paying a £500k development fee, following his expiration of his contract at Fulham and after a great first half of the season, Chelsea and West Ham tried to sign him in January but both failed in their pursuit.
Dembele was close to joining Tottenham in January last year, with him going on loan back to Fulham before the expiration of his contract at the end of that season.
