Aston Villa have joined the race to sign Harold Moukoudi.
Celtic were linked to the Le Havre defender on Sunday with Brendan Rodgers confirming that he was aware of the 20-year-old when he was interviewed by Radio Scotland before the 1-0 win over Hamilton.
Central defence is the most urgent area for Celtic to address in the closing days of the transfer window with the hoops dropping their interest in Scott McKenna last week.
Despite playing in the French Second Division Moukoudi was linked with Burnley and West Ham earlier in the summer transfer window.
Although Villa missed out on promotion to the Premier League they have recently come into money from new investors keen to invest in Steve Bruce’s squad with Lequipe picking up on their interest in Moukoudi.
With just a year left on his contract Le Havre are keen to cash in on their top asset but the player knows that he could pick up a massive fee next summer with his club just picking up a token development fee if he runs down his contract.
