Moussa Dembele last night became the first signing of the Brendan Rodgers era at Celtic Park as he put pen to paper on a four-year deal.

The 19-year-old striker passed a medical in Glasgow yesterday to complete his free-agent move, as first revealed in Sportsmail on Saturday.

Celtic will have to pay £500,000 in compensation to Fulham, who had signed the powerful forward as a 16-year-old straight from the PSG youth system.

Fulham striker Moussa Dembele has joined Celtic after his contract ran out at Craven Cottage

Dembele was targeted by clubs all around Europe but put pen to paper on a four-year-deal at Parkhead

Brendan Rodgers has made his first signing since becoming the Celtic manager in May

The youngster from the Paris suburbs, who scored 17 goals for the Championship side last season, was also being pursued by Stuttgart.

Dembele said: ‘It’s a massive thing to come to this club - and to be the first signing of Brendan Rodgers is unreal for me.

‘I can’t wait to put everything I have into playing well for the team and for the club.

‘I’m happy. I’m glad to be here at a massive club like Celtic and I can’t wait to start.

The 19-year-old underwent a medical in Glasgow after agreeing terms despite interest from Tottenham

‘I can’t wait to start scoring goals, and play for the team and the fans.’

Tracked by major English clubs as well as PSG and Juventus, Dembele - who will wear the No 10 jersey - said he had been convinced to move to Scotland after a personal conversation with Rodgers.

‘He told me Celtic is a good team for me, and that when I come here I’ll have game time, and obviously I have to show that I can stay in the team to play.

‘I think it is a good way for me to progress here with the massive stadium, the fans and the city. Everyone lives for Celtic.

Rodgers will hope Dembele can hit the ground running after impressing with 17 goals for Fulham last season

‘For me, it’s just unbelievable to play for a massive club like this.’

Shane Duffy, the 24-year-old Blackburn Rovers defender who has just returned from Euro 2016 with the Republic of Ireland squad, could be the next in line for a move to the Scottish champions, with the Parkhead club having made an enquiry.

Meanwhile, striker Stefan Scepovic’s ill-fated spell with Celtic is over after the Serbia international’s loan stay with Getafe was made permanent yesterday.

The 26-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the Spanish second-tier outfit, with the fee reported as £1million.

Stefan Scepovic, Anthony Stokes, Carlton Cole and Colin Kazim-Richards have all left Parkhead this summer

Ronny Deila sign the former Sampdoria, Club Brugge and Partizan Belgrade frontman on the final day of the 2014 summer transfer window following a 23-goal campaign with Sporting Gijon in Spain.

But he never reproduced that kind of form in Scotland and failed to dislodge Leigh Griffiths as the main forward.

He managed just six goals from his 26 Celtic appearances before being allowed to join Getafe on loan last August.

Scepovic becomes the fourth striker to exit Celtic Park since Rodgers was appointed at the end of May.