Leicester are in advanced talks to sign Odsonne Édouard from Celtic and are pushing to close a deal amid rival interest in the striker.
The Leicester manager, Brendan Rodgers, signed Édouard at Celtic, initially on loan from Toulouse in 2017 before the club made him their record purchase a year later. Rodgers wants to add the 23-year-old to forward options that include Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho and Ayoze Pérez.
The Leicester board are confident of securing the transfer and have done a deal to bring in the midfielder Boubakary Soumaré from the French champions, Lille, for €23m (£19.8m).
The 22-year-old has, like Édouard, played for France at various age groups including the Under-21s. Édouard has scored 74 times in 139 appearances for Celtic.
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