Celtic are poised to boot out any interest in Moussa Dembele from West Ham United.

Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is scouring the market for a striker after a second bid of £6million for Sunderland veteran Jermain Defoe was rejected.

West Ham are set to return with a third offer of £7m for a player whom Sunderland manager David Moyes has branded 'priceless', but Sportsmail understands 20-year-old Parkhead star Dembele features on a shortlist of alternatives after netting 19 goals in 36 games so far this season.

Celtic are poised to boot out any interest in Moussa Dembele from West Ham United

Hoops manager Brendan Rodgers recently claimed: 'It won't be January for Moussa'

Irons boss Slaven Bilic is scouring the market for a striker, with Jermain Defoe on his radar

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers, who is close to completing a £2.8m deal for Ivory Coast midfielder Kouassi Eboue, has already made it clear there is no chance of the Scottish champions allowing the French Under 21 striker to leave this month at any price.

Rodgers recently claimed: 'It won't be January for Moussa. You know at Celtic that if you get a really talented player, then the cycle at best is a couple of years, like Victor Wanyama, Virgil van Dijk and Ki Sung-yueng.

'If they have that quality, then it's a great platform for them to demonstrate that and then they know there's a better financial situation down south.

'With Moussa, it was always going to be the case, but the difference now with Celtic is that if he does leave here, he won't be going to a bottom-end Premier League team.'