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Lyon striker Dembele unsurprised by hype for Arsenal target Edouard

Lyon striker Moussa Dembele isn't surprised by the hype around former Celtic teammate Odsonne Edouard.

The France U21 international is being linked with Arsenal ahead of the summer market.

Dembele, who left Celtic for Lyon in a £20million move, told BT Sport: “When he first came, he was a bit shy.

“Because we come from the same place, I tried to help him. I gave him a lot of advice and after that he changed, from one player to another.

“Odsonne is a very, very good player. He will go straight to the top.

“I think we saw what he was capable of this season. He's a fantastic player, a player that I rate and hopefully he'll go to the very top with Celtic. I wish him only good luck.

“The only bad point is that we didn't play together earlier. We knew that if we played together we'd do something good."

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