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title: "Exclusive: Ligue 1 expert compares Celtic target Augustin to Edouard and Dembele"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Caleb Sage"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-08-10T05:05:46Z"
modified: "2021-08-10T05:05:46Z"
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# Exclusive: Ligue 1 expert compares Celtic target Augustin to Edouard and Dembele

**Celtic target Jean-Kevin Augustin was more highly regarded than Odsonne Edouard and Moussa Dembele when the trio were younger, French football expert [Adam White](https://twitter.com/_adam_white_?lang=en) has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/).**

Augustin is currently being linked with a move to Celtic, with French outlet [Homme du Match](https://www.hommedumatch.fr/articles/exclus-hdm/fc-nantes-fcn-mercato-apres-fenerbahce-le-celtic-souhaite-relancer-la-carriere-de-jean-kevin-augustin_2570342) recently claiming that the Glasgow club are interested in signing the Nantes striker this summer.

Meanwhile, Edouard is, of course, currently at Celtic, while Dembele finds himself at Lyon following a successful two-year spell with the Bhoys between 2016-2018.

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The trio, all French, are around the same age. And, according to White, it was Augustin who French football once had the highest hopes for.

*“I think in terms of talent, Augustin was perhaps out of those three players, when he was younger, the most highly regarded,”* the Get French Football News writer said.

Things, however, have not quite gone to plan for the 24-year-old. For example, during a loan spell with Leeds United in the Championship, he played just [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jean-kevin-augustin/leistungsdaten/spieler/264956/plus/0?saison=2019) times and failed to score a single goal.

Augustin has also had his struggles at Nantes, though that has been partly down to him having [long Covid-19](https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2021/jean-kevin-augustin-suffering-from-long-covid-19/), so he should be given more time there. But if both parties do decide it is best for them to go their separate ways, then perhaps he could revive his career at a club like Celtic.