Brendan Rodgers pays Celtic striker Moussa Dembele a very big compliment

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Celtic striker Moussa Dembele returns to the club where his career started on Wednesday.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has tipped Moussa Dembele to become one of the best strikers in the world, according to BBC Sport.

After a start to the season which was unsettled by injury, the 21-year-old striker has rediscovered his form with five goals in his last six outings.

Dembele is in line to face the club with whom he started his career on Wednesday as Celtic travel to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

The Frenchman was never given an opportunity at PSG before being sold to Fulham, but Rodgers is confident that he will reach the “very top” one day.

“I believe he has the talent and the qualities to go right to the very, very top,” BBC Sport quotes Rodgers as saying.

“I’ve seen a big development in him as a young man and as a player and I really expect him over the coming years to develop and improve and go on to become one of the world’s best strikers.

“In my coaching life and in my managerial career, I’ve been involved in some top talents, especially at that end of the field, and I certainly think he’s on course to be up there with the best strikers because he has all those attributes.”

Dembele has scored 38 goals in 62 matches since Rodgers persuaded him to join Celtic on a free transfer amidst interest from several other clubs.

As The Guardian reports, Dembele came close to joining up with Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham Hotspur in January 2016 before the deal fell through.

Rodgers may only be second to the Argentine in terms of managers in the British game who develop young players, so Dembele has every chance of making it big.