THERE has been no contact between Celtic and Brighton about Moussa Dembele, according to Seagulls manager Chris Hughton.

The Frenchman has been linked with a January move to the English Premier League outfit in recent weeks as they look to add a striker to their ranks in the winter window. 

But Hughton insists that Dembele, who has scored eight goals in 21 appearances for Celtic this season, is just one of many names to be linked with his side and says no talks have been held between the two clubs.

"There's been huge speculation, certainly on this one," Hughton said.

"Categorically, there hasn't been any communication between the two clubs. Hence he is a name, along with lots of other names.

"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."

Brighton currently occupy 12th spot in the Premier League table, but have scored just 17 goals in 22 games so far this term.