Moussa Dembele, who now faces a transfer logjam at Lyon. The 24-year-old has impressed since joining the Ligue 1 giants in the summer of 2018, scoring 44 goals in 95 appearances.
As part of the deal Celtic retain a sell-on fee and Get French Football News reports a transfer could have happened last week.
Spurs made an official offer in the final weekend of September for a loan with an option to buy in 2021. That was blocked by Lyon boss Rudi Garcia though and Tottenham moved on to sign Carlos Vinicius from Benfica.
Dembele is said to be frustrated at that outcome and he could be left stuck in place while Celtic wait on their sell-on 10 per cent sell-on windfall.Hardline OL president Jean-Michel Aulas set Friday as the deadline for any.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk