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Moussa Dembele set to earn Celtic more millions as Manchester United eye Lyon striker

Celtic will again be in the money if Moussa Dembele is sold by Lyon this summer.

The Frenchman left the Hoops for £19.8million last August but his former team could be quids in with a pair of Premier League giants circling.

The 22-year-old is enjoying a strong season in Ligue 1 and Manchester United and Arsenal are eyeing a move for the striker, according to the Mirror .

A deal for Demeble would be music to Celtic's ears with the Premiership champions inserting a sell-on clause when he moved to Ligue 1.

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The Premiership champions have reaped the rewards of forward planning in the past and earned an extra cool £7.5million when Virgil van Dijk moved to Liverpool for £75m in 2018.

That 10 per cent sell-on fee was a significant boost to the Parkhead coffers and goes towards attracting new talent to Glasgow.

The great Scottish football sell-ons and the key to the transfer trick  

And Lyon chief Jean-Michel Aulas is regarded as one of the toughest negotiators in football and would be looking for a sizeable fee which is good news for Celtic.

Dembele has netted 14 goals in all competitions and has impressed in 2019 after becoming OL's first pick to lead the line.

His knack of finding the net is an obvious appeal but it's his excellent hold-up play and aerial prowess which sets him apart from his peers.

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Manchester United have Romelu Lukaku, who offers similar qualities and the Belgian has been linked with Serie A giants Juventus and Inter Milan.

Dembele left Celtic under a cloud last summer but has won over the Parkhead faithful with a host of stinging social media posts aimed at former boss Brendan Rodgers.

The pair's relationship disintegrated in the striker's final days in Glasgow but the France U21 star came out swinging after Rodgers left Celtic high and dry when the manager moved to Leicester. 

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