Marseille to make £13.5m bid for Celtic's Moussa Dembele - reports

French giants Marseille are preparing a bid for Celtic striker Moussa Dembele.

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It is being reported in French newspaper L’Equipe that OM will offer Celtic £13.5 million for the forward.

Marseille hope that the offer will be enough to secure the player’s transfer with the deal getting done in France.

Moussa Dembele in action for Celtic. Picture: SNS/Ross Parker

The Ligue 1 side saw a move for former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli fall through earlier in the summer, while they have been linked with Valencia and Italy forward Simone Zaza.

Dembele was linked with a move to Marseille last year and earlier this summer but interest cooled when attention switched to Balotelli from Nice.

The French Under-21 international came off the bench on Tuesday in Celtic’s 2-1 defeat to Greek champions AEK Athens as the side dropped out of the Champions League and into the Europa League play-off round.

The 22-year-old, signed from Fulham in 2016, has scored 50 goals in 91 appearances for Celtic and has been linked to moves to numerous clubs.

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