France legend Zinedine Zidane has earmarked new Celtic signing Moussa Dembele as a future star for his country.

The Real Madrid boss expects the 19-year-old French starlet to have a big impact in Scotland, saying: ‘Dembele is an exciting player potentially for France.

‘He is a very big signing for Celtic. I like to follow the progress of exciting, young French players and I know Bayern, Monaco and Juve were all looking at him.

Zinedine Zidane expects teenager Moussa Dembele to have a big impact after signing for Celtic

‘He will be playing for a coach (Brendan Rodgers) who has played a big part in developing some of the best strikers in Europe.’

Dembele is set to make his first appearance for Celtic in a friendly against Olimpija Ljubljana on Wednesday, Brendan Rodgers has confirmed.

The striker was signed from Fulham last week after being courted by several of Europe's top clubs and the 19-year-old's debut is keenly anticipated among supporters.

Rodgers' side face Ljubljana on Wednesday in the third fixture of their four-match pre-season tour of Austria and Slovenia.