Aston Villa urged to consider Celtic striker transfer - on this condition

Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard would be a good fit for Aston Villa, providing Manchester United don't make their move first.

That’s the view of former Rangers and Scotland forward Kris Boyd, who thinks a number of Premier League teams will be looking at Edouard with interest.

The 21-year-old has already been linked with a move away from Parkhead to the likes of Lyon and Napoli having scored regularly for Celtic in the past two years.

He’s rattled in 43 goals in just 98 appearances since joining the Scottish Premiership champions from PSG, initially on a loan deal which became permanent last summer.

 

But Boyd thinks Edouard needs to leave Celtic to realise his ambitions, such as playing internationally for France, and reckons the likes of Villa, United and Brighton and Hove Albion should consider signing him.

Appearing as a pundit on Sky Sports, Boyd said: “Talk about playing with France, is it a possibility? Yes. Do I think he’ll do it with Celtic? No.

“That’ll be in back of his mind, he’ll need to make that move if he’s going to get in the French squad. I don’t think it’ll be January, but come next summer, if there’s something of £25-30million, which is reasonable for me, I think this guy will go to the very top.”