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Crystal Palace are now favourites to sign striker Moussa Dembele if he leaves Celtic during the January transfer window.

Sky Bet are offering odds of 4/1 that the highly rated young forward ends up at Selhurst Park during this transfer window.

His next most likely destination is seen as Chelsea, who have odds of 10/1.

Brighton had been the favourites to sign the 21-year-old at the start of the transfer window but their odds have now drifted out to 14/1.

The bookies think it's most likely he will remain in Scotland, however - for now at least - giving odds of 4/9 that he will remain with Celtic.

Former England striker Chris Sutton has, meanwhile, taken a swipe at his former club and Brendan Rodgers over the treatment of Dembele.

Sutton thinks his old club are out of order by questioning the French star's commitment and suggesting his head has been turned by transfer speculation.

Dembele was left out of the starting XI tonight (Tuesday) as the Hoops travelled to Partick Thistle on Premiership duty.

Speculation has been rife about the future of the France U21 international, with Everton also having being linked with a move.

And at the weekend Hoops assistant Chris Davies went as far as to say there was an acceptance that Dembele felt it was the right time to move on.

Those remarks sparked a strong response from Sutton who reckons they have only served to devalue Celtic's star man.

Sutton told BT Sport: "It sounds to me like Celtic want to sell him. I have great sympathy for Dembele.

"I think some of the things said about him are unfair and I'd go as far as to say are out of order.

"When have we ever heard Moussa Dembele say 'I want to leave Celtic'?

"My understanding is that Moussa Dembele is very happy at Celtic and wants to remain there for the rest of the season.

"Brendan Rodgers talks about his head being turned. In fairness since he's been 16 years old at PSG there's always been speculation about him. He's one of the brightest young prospects in France.

"Since he's been at Celtic there's been great talk about him. He destroyed Manchester City in the Champions League.

"I really feel sorry for him and the treatment of him has been out of order.

"The other thing is - if this is your prize asset and you are talking about him in these terms and questioning his attitude then all you are doing is devaluing him is it not?

"If you are a potential suitor down south and you want to buy Moussa Dembele and you are talking about losing focus and his head being turned are you going to want to pay £30m?"

Before kick off this evening, Rodgers echoed his weekend thoughts that Dembele had been affected by the speculation.

He said: "It’s important the focus is on players we know will be here.

"I’m not naive enough to say he definitely will be."