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Leeds and Celtic are locked in a battle to sign Arsenal youngster Chuba Akpom.

The Championship side and Scottish giants are going head-to-head to land striker Akpom on a permanent deal.

Akpom, 21, is ready to leave the Emirates for regular first-team football.

Only four of his 67 senior league appearances have come for the Gunners with the rest coming in loan spells at Brentford, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, Hull and Brighton.

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Akpom is on Leeds' list of potential replacements for Chris Wood, who is poised to join Burnley for £15m.

But Brendan Rodgers is also in the market for a new frontman to compete with Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths and ready to rival Leeds.