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Chris Sutton comments on Odsonne Edouard’s Celtic future

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Odsonne Edouard is an important player at Celtic.

AIK's Per Karlsson vies with Celtic's Odsonne Edouard during the UEFA Europa League play-off, second leg football match between AIK and Celtic FC at Friends Arena, on August 29, 2019 in...

Chris Sutton has suggested in The Daily Record that Odsonne Edouard will leave Celtic soon.

The former Celtic striker, who now works as a pundit for BBC Sport and BT Sport, has spoken highly of 21-year-old Frenchman Edouard, and he has urged the Celtic Park faithful to enjoy him while they can.

Sutton has also referred to the departure of Moussa Dembele – who is now valued at €70 million (£62.02m) by the CIES Football Observatory – from Celtic in the summer of 2018.

The 23-year-old French striker joined the Hoops in the summer of 2016, and after spending two successful seasons at the Glasgow giants, he joined Lyon in the summer of 2018.

Sutton wrote in The Daily Record: “Odsonne Edouard is building his burgeoning reputation with every outing. If I had any advice for Celtic fans, it would be to enjoy this lad while he’s here because it isn’t going to be for much longer.

“Edouard has followed Moussa Dembele’s path by sparking at Parkhead and going into the France Under-21 set-up to do the same.

“Dembele ended up heading out of the door for big money and Edouard is going to be doing the same very soon. He really is developing into the real deal.”

Odsonne Edouard of Celtic celebrates after he scored their second goal during the UEFA Europa League Play Off First Leg match between Celtic and AIK at Celtic Park on August 22, 2019 in...

Celtic future

Edouard has developed brilliantly at Celtic, and he scores in big games, such as the Old Firm derbies against Rangers.

Celtic have sold their best players in recent years, and that is not going to change anytime soon.

However, the Glasgow giants will not part company with arguably their best striker in the middle of the season, and perhaps next summer, the striker himself may not want to leave and may want to stay at Celtic Park and continue his progress.

Referee Nikola Dabanovic shows a yellow card to Odsonne Edouard of Celtic FC during a UEFA Europa League qualification match between AIK and Celtic FC at Friends arena on August 29, 2019...