Manchester United have stepped up their pursuit ofCeltic striker Moussa Dembele by sending a scout tosee the youngster in actionon Wednesday night, according to theDaily Mail.
The 20-year-old striker started on the bench in the Scottish Premiership game, coming on with 32 minutes to spare before scoring his 15th goal of the season in stoppage-time.
The goal wasscored in-front of a Manchester United scout, who was believed to be in the stands at theGlobal Energy Stadium during Celtic's 4-0 win.
Dembele has cemented himself as one of world football's hottest prospectsfollowing his summer-switch from Fulham, even earning praise from Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane after a handful of world-class performances.
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Dembele is one of the most talked about young strikers in Europe at the moment but it has not surprised me at all “ I always saw that," Zidane told reporters, as quoted in theDaily Record.
He isn't just scoring goals, he is scoring big goals, important goals like the one against Rangers. That to me is always the sign of a great player.
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I have played with the greatest strikers, Ronaldo, Henry, Raul, and you knew on the biggest occasions they would win you games “ and Dembele is already showing that.
I do understand now that the biggest clubs in Europe are being linked with him and that will be his destination eventually “ but my advice now is ignore it all.He can progress well at Celtic, at a great club who are in Europe, and under a very good coach.I know his time will come but he needs to make good decisions “ and his next at least one or two seasons should be with Celtic.�
The 20-year-old, who scored 15 times for Fulham in the Championship last season, recently made his debut for France's U21 side, scoring in the 5-1 win over Georgia.