Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)

BIELSA’S LOOKING TO SONNE

- BY TOM HOPKINSON

LEEDS are plotting an ambitious move for Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard if they win promotion to the Premier League.

Boss Marcelo Bielsa has made a new frontman a priority this summer and Edouard (below), who has scored 28 goals in 45 appearance­s in all competitio­ns for the Hoops, is high up on his list of targets.

Celtic do not want to lose the player as they chase ’10 in a row’. But that won’t stop Championsh­ip leaders Leeds testing the waters to see if they can tempt him south of the border.

The 22-year-old French youth internatio­nal has scored 61 times – just under a goal a game – since arriving in Glasgow from Paris Saint-Germain in 2018.

Former Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has been linked with a move to take Edouard to Leicester but that won’t put off a bid by Leeds if Bielsa does lead them back to the top flight.

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