Supporters of Celtic have been flocking to a Twitter post from the Hoops’ former French striker, Moussa Dembele.
On Tuesday, the Frenchman posted an image of himself in training for Olympique Lyonnais.
Alongside the image of himself in training, Dembele also posted the emojis of a football and a tick, presumably referencing the return of football in France.
Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are set to return to action for the 2020/21 season during the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of August (via Ouest-France).
However, despite the striker now being a Lyon player, lots of Celtic fans flocked to the post.
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— Moussa Dembélé (@MDembele_10) July 14, 2020
Even if ye smash us when we play i’ll always love you ??
— Space Frog (@jack_barclay) July 14, 2020
Don’t score against us please king ?
— KianMcGrath*??????? (@kianmcgrath03) July 14, 2020
As mentioned by these two supporters, Dembele could feature against the Hoops as the Scottish outfit meets with Lyon in the Veolia Trophy as part of their pre-season preparations (via Daily Record).
The game between the two sides is set to take place at the Groupama Stadium on Saturday.
Do you believe there is any chance that Moussa Dembele would ever return to Celtic?
No, not going to happen
Yes, it could happen
My man HH ???
— Sean slevin (@seanslevin70) July 14, 2020
Better no embarrass us when we play you in pre season lol
— I’m always on here (@anthonymc9687) July 14, 2020
The 24-year-old forward spent two years with Celtic, having signed from Fulham in 2016 and departed for Lyon in 2018 (per Transfermarkt).
During his time at Celtic Park, Dembele netted a whopping 51 goals and bagged 18 assists in 94 appearances (per Transfermarkt).
Please don’t skud us too much king ?
— ?? (@Rxilly67) July 14, 2020
Hail Hail mo chara.
— Kevin Rea (@KevyBhoy79) July 14, 2020
As can be seen in these responses from Celtic supporters, they are looking forward to the reunion with Dembele on Saturday, however, are hopeful that he will not score many goals against them.