Zinedine Zidane has hailed Celtic's signing of French striker Moussa Dembele.

The 19-year-old joined the Scottish giants from Fulham late last month despite interest from a number of bigger clubs such as Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Monaco and Juventus.

Having made the move to Parkhead to work alongside Brendan Rodgers, Dembele could be destined for the top according to Real Madrid boss Zidane who sees the teenager as a possible French star of the future.

"Dembele is an exciting player potentially for France," said Zizou.

"He is a very big signing for Celtic. I like to follow the progress of exciting, young French players and I know Bayern, Monaco and Juve were all looking at him.

"He will be playing for a coach (Brendan Rodgers) who has played a big part in developing some of the best strikers in Europe."