Celtic striker Edouard has been mentioned in connection with 25 clubs
If you’re a major football club and you haven’t been linked with Odsonne Edouard this year, you’re doing something wrong.
The Celtic striker has been mentioned in connection with numerous sides over the last 12 months, and prior to that the likes of Real Madrid and Lyon were reportedly interested.
Despite beginning the season with a hat-trick against Hamilton Accies, Edouard’s form has dipped during a campaign that has seen his side knocked out of the Betfred Cup by Ross County, finish bottom of their Europa League group and fall 16 points behind Rangers in the Scottish Premiership title race.
A record of nine goals in 20 matches is far from embarrassing, but also some way short of the form he showed during 2019/20, when he found the net 29 times in 47 games.
The 22-year-old has shown he can do it outside Scotland, with 15 goals in 10 appearances for France’s Under-21 side as well as a clinical strike against Milan in the San Siro earlier this month.
That appears to have caught the eye of Rossoneri boss Stefano Pioli, with Calcio Mercato reporting that Milan could be eyeing a move for Edouard in the January transfer window.
That report says they could face competition from Serie A rivals Juventus, with Andrea Pirlo said to be keen on a man valued at between £13.5-18 million.
The apparent Italian interest takes the total tally of clubs linked with Edouard to 25. That includes seven Italian sides, 11 from the English Premier League, four French clubs, two from the Bundesliga and one from Spain.
Here is the full list of sides credited with a desire to capture Celtic’s star man.
1) Aston Villa (The Telegraph, August 2020 )
2) Borussia Dortmund (le10sport, April 2020)
3) Napoli (Daily Mail, September 2019)
4) Sampdoria (Primo Canale, October 2019)
5) Milan (Calcio Mercato, December 2020)
6) Lyon (The Guardian, September 2019)
7) Atalanta (Daily Mail, September 2019)
8) Real Madrid (Defensa Central, May 2019)
9) Monaco (L’Equipe, September 2019)
10) Lille (le10sport, April 2020)
11) Arsenal (The Mirror, March 2020)
12) Roma (Il Romanista, June 2020)
13) Juventus (Calcio Mercato, December 2020)
14) Chelsea (90min, February 2020)
15) Leicester City (Daily Mail, August 2020)
16) Manchester United (Daily Mail, February 2020)
17) Lazio (Scottish Sun, January 2020)
18) Tottenham Hotspur (The Times, May 2020)
19) Brighton & Hove Albion (The Times, August 2020)
20) Marseille (Scottish Sun, February 2020)
21) Leeds United (The Sun, July 2020)
22) Everton (le10sport, April 2020)
23) Newcastle United (Daily Star, March 2020)
24) RB Leipzig (le10sport, April 2020)
25) Crystal Palace (L’Equipe, July 2020)
Edouard, who joined Celtic on loan from PSG in 2017 and made his move permanent the following year, has scored a total of 72 goals in 148 appearances for the Scottish champions.
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