The West Bromwich Albion starlet is now linked with a move to Marseille.
The 18-year-old striker has previously been linked with the likes of Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
But The Mail reports that the French giants have now entered the race for the teenage hotshot, who is out of contract with West Brom in the summer.
The report claims that the Baggies want Roberts – currently on loan at Walsall to stay – to stay but turning down Marseille would surely be a big ask, even if it requires a move abroad.
The Stade Velodrome side may only need to pay a meagre £280,000 compensation fee to sign him.
Roberts has five goals in 16 league games for Walsall this season and it is no surprise to see that the sharks are circling such a prodigious talent.
But perhaps Alan Pardew – appointed as Tony Pulis’s replacement this week – can persuade him to sign a long-term deal at Albion.
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