Fulham

West Ham look to lose out on ex-Fulham striker

The Daily Mail have reported that West Ham have been casting their eye over Fulham youth product Moussa Dembele.

The player, who joined Celtic from the Cottagers in the summer, has been earmarked to cure the club’s striker wishes.

However, the Scottish Champions are expected to ignore any interest for their star forward, who remains crucial to Brendan Rodger’s plans going forward. He has so far netted 19 times for the Glasgow club so far this season.

It is thought that interest in the youngster has developed through a sense of frustration, as Slaven Bilic’s efforts to lure Jermaine Defoe to the Olympic Stadium have so far been unsuccessful.

Dembele, 20, first joined Fulham as a 16-year-old when he joined from Paris St Germain in the summer of 2013.

Despite making the odd appearance for the first team, last season was his real breakthrough. A partnership with Ross McCormack (now of Aston Villa) saw the two contribute over 40 goals between them.

Talks of Dembele leaving, however, has done nothing to change the spirit of Brendan Rodgers, who remains upbeat about the striker’s future.

“It won’t be January for Moussa,” he said.

“You know at Celtic that if you get a really talented player, then the cycle at best is a couple of years, like Victor Wanyama, Virgil van Dijk and Ki Sung-Yeung.

“With Moussa, it was always going to be the case, but the difference now with Celtic is that if he does leave here, he won’t be going to a bottom-end Premier League team.”

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