Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard had a memorable debut for the France under-21 team last night, scoring two goals in a 4-0 victory over Albania, as reported by The Scottish Sun.
The club’s official Twitter channel @CelticFC subsequently noted the 21-year-old’s double for Les Bleus’ junior side, for whom he came on as a substitute.
I wanna be Edouard!
@Oedouard22 https://t.co/g7DrES3RDs
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) September 5, 2019
Amine Gouiri opened the scoring for France just before half-time and, following his introduction from the bench, Edouard scored twice in the final 15 minutes before Dan-Axel Zagadou rounded off the scoring in stoppage time. [via The Scottish Sun]
Edouard was Celtic’s top scorer last season with 22 goals in 52 games and has carried that goalscoring form into the 2019/20 campaign with six goals in 11 matches following his strike against Rangers last week.
This week, the print edition of L’Equipe reported [via Sport Witness] that Monaco had tried to sign the striker during the summer and had drawn up the outline of a contract for him before pulling out of the deal.
These Celtic fans on Twitter seemed worried that his current goalscoring form will see him being prised away from the club in the next few months:
We’ll be lucky to keep him for another year….
— Kieran (@Kieranwalnut) September 5, 2019
Ssssh don’t tell everyone how good he is!
— Peter Lally (@Lallybhoy) September 5, 2019
Dear other clubs, this is definitely not the guy who plays for Celtic, nothing to see hear, move along now.
— John tumilty (@Johntum64) September 6, 2019
Do not sell this guy at all costs, give him whatever he wants we need him next season
— Luke (@LJB1888) September 5, 2019
The fear noo is Peter lawell,s eyes are like this ££££££££££££££ come end of season
— Paul Mclaughlin-Bolingoli (@PaulMcl00517558) September 5, 2019
That’s it, the game’s up, he’ll be away in January or next summer noo
— Robert Whyte (@BoabWhyte1) September 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/TwitchWFC/status/1169728756149342208
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