Chris Hughton: 'No discussions with Celtic over Moussa Dembele'

Brighton & Hove Albion boss Chris Hughton has again played down speculation linking his side with a move for Celtic striker Moussa Dembele.

  "There's been huge speculation, certainly on this particular one," he told reporters. "There were certainly some quotes going back a little while ago about figures and about some communication between the two clubs. "Categorically, there hasn't been any communication between the two clubs. Hence he is a name, along with lots of other names. It is pure speculation. "If I look at players that we might have an interest in then there would be numerous names and of course this is one name that's consistently been linked but there could be numerous other names. "We'll continue to work as hard as we can on anybody that we might want to bring in but certainly names that have been mentioned at this moment are very much speculation."