Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard demands continue to drop

Odsonne Edouard was the hero for Celtic on Sunday, netting twice in the space of three minutes to seal a 2-1 win over St Johnstone.

Those strikes at McDiarmid Park were his 14th and 15th in the Scottish Premiership this season, taking him four clear at the top of the scoring charts.

However, the Frenchman’s Parkhead future remains a talking point off the field.

Celtic wanted around £40m for the 23-year-old last summer, a price tag which was slashed to £25m during the recent winter window.

Edouard remained a Hoops player, but according to Sky Italia, via Calciomercato and relayed by Sports Witness, Celtic’s ‘demands’ for a move have now dropped to less than €20m.

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Edouard, valued at £13.5m by Transfermarkt, has under 18 months remaining on his Celtic Park deal.

It seems as if it’s only a matter of time until he seals a move away from Glasgow,  but with PSG inserting a 40% sell-on fee back in 2018, the Hoops may not make too much profit on the £9m they paid for the striker.

Say Celtic sell at €20m (£17.4m), around £6.96m would head to Paris, leaving the Hoops with £10.44m – a £1.44m profit.