Celtic "will assess" Dembele offers

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers admits the Scottish champions will "assess any offers" for star forward Moussa Dembele.

However, Rodgers insists there have been no firm bids for the 21-year-old Frenchman, who scored 32 goals in his first season with the Bhoys, including a hat-trick against arch-rivals Rangers.

"I counted the other day, Moussa has been linked with 10 clubs," Rodgers said ahead of Celtic's Champions League qualifier first leg against Rosenborg at Celtic Park on Wednesday.

"It was Marseille the other day, I saw Arsenal the other week, there was Paris Saint-Germain, there was Chelsea so there is nothing in it from our perspective."

Celtic value Dembele at £22m, and Rodgers expects the former Fulham player to stay at least another season in Glasgow before moving on.

"I felt if he progressed the way we thought he'd progress and if he wanted to move any time it would be after the second year," the former Swansea and Liverpool boss added.

"There is no rush from Moussa's perspective. He is a player that we really want to keep and if anything [an offer] did come in we would assess it."

The France Under-21 striker is a doubt for Wednesday game against the Norwegian champions at Celtic Park with a thigh injury, and with Leigh Griffiths suspended, Australian midfielder Tom Rogic may start up front.

"Dembele is a doubt," Rodgers confirmed. 

"We have to find out the state of where he's at, but we could be going into the game without our two main strikers.

"It happens and it has happened so we have to find a way and we have done that a number of times last year."

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Celtic's Champions League third qualifying round second leg against Rosenborg at the Lerkendal Stadion on Wednesday, 2 August will be shown live on eir sport 2 in Ireland [kick off 7.45pm Irish time]