Celtic value former Fulham striker Moussa Dembele at £40m despite only signing him for a £500,000 compensation fee in the summer. Fulham were forced to share that compensation fee with his previous club PSG on a 50/50 basis.
West Ham confirmed via their official insider they lodged a £20m bid a player in Scotland which is widely understood to be Dembele.
The Daily Express claim the Scottish champions would want the Hammers to double their bid to have any chance of signing the French striker while the Daily Mail quotes £30m. Celtic insist they did not receive a formal bid from West Ham.
The Hoops star player has netted 19 goals in 36 games for Brendan Rodgers’ side. Celtic have already stated he is not for sale in January but we know money talks.
Dembélé signed for Fulham aged sixteen, from Paris Saint-Germain, in 2012. He signed his first professional contract with Fulham in July 2013 until the summer of 2015. He scored nine goals from 56 appearances. The 19-year-old signed a four-year deal with Celtic last summer and also increased his pay packet from around £6,000 to somewhere close to £20,000 at the stroke of a pen. He would double his pack packet again to at least £40,000 and possibly treble more with bonuses and add-ons.
40m for a player who has only scored in a mickey mouse league !
they are off their conkers ! Much rather take a gamble on Hogan….at least his scored in English football.
40m for goals in a league that made El Haj Diouf look good 🙂
If 40m is true(and you have to take it with a pinch of salt)then that is ridiculous.
The trouble with the January transfer window is that clubs will inflate prices because they know some clubs are desperate and we are not one of them.
After 20 games Celtic are 19 points ahead of their nearest rivals and with a goal difference of 40.Shows how easy it is to score goals in the Scottish league.Can Dembele do it in the premiership-not for £40m he can’t.
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Bloody adverts still loading while i was writing,they pee me off.
Anyway i really wouldnt take what the Express says too seriously.The wallies have been predicting 4 foot of snow for us ever week so far this winter lol
I rate Dembele highly.I thought he was a real top talent at Fulham & some of his goals in Scotland were nothing to do with league standards it was all about his abilities,he really is a talented young man.
Celtic can want what they like, £40m for a player who is 20 years old & has done well in a one horse race? No chance… ridiculous. Has his value incresed by nearly £2m per week since last summer?
Do yourselves a favour dont believe anything the express writes.It is only good for bog roll.
The day I start believing The Express is the day for the men in white coats to take me away. I read yesterday that we have been ‘linked’ with 31 players in the last 6 months. 95% are complete BS.
we showed against manure the other day that we can compete & that on our day we are a good side.a new striker who can take the chances created & rb who is premier league standard is all we need.What Zaza has been saying this week is a disgrace, fine him two weeks wages then fk him off out the club.
More likely to be Dimbaylee the South American equivalent of Dembele who’s scored 113 goals in the Bolivian 3 division knowing DS 🙂
Has Zaza said anything himself Essex,i might have missed it.I try to avoid news during the transfer window madness. 😁
I know his dad never stops giving it large in the press.
I read lastnight & this morning that Celtic say they aint even recieved a bif for Dembele,Sky were saying the same.
I know it said we had bid £20 million for a player from Scotland but did that means he plays in Scotland or is just Scottish lol 😁
Its all a load of bolloxs anyway in the windows,speculation,lies & bullsh*t to run a story in the media.
For 20m we could purchase the whole of Scotland Rads 🙂
His dad is ‘quoting’ him saying he never wanted to sign to sign for us in the 1st place. He hasn’t come out & denied it. This quote is is uncanny really because most West Ham fans didn’t want him to sign either.
Is there any Scotish player worth more than £20m? Another example of inflated prices for PL clubs.
Hugh should make up a rumour about West Ham trying to sign a randum player & then see how far the story runs in the media. Lol 😉