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Brendan Rodgers provides Moussa Dembele injury update

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Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic will face Paris Saint-Germain at Celtic Park in the Champions League next week.

Celtic Team Bus arrives , Moussa Dembele walks into Celtic Park before the UEFA Champions League Qualifying Second Round,Second Leg match between Celtic and Linfield at Celtic Park Stadium...

Celtic will kick off their 2017-18 Champions League campaign with a home match against Paris Saint-Germain next week.

The Scottish Premiership giants will take on French powerhouse PSG at Celtic Park in Group B next Tuesday evening.

PSG have one of the best teams in Europe and have some world-class footballers, such as Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Marco Verratti.

It is going to be hard for Celtic to even pick up a point from the Champions League Group B encounter.

Moussa Dembele of Celtic celebrates after scoring his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League group C match between Celtic FC and Manchester City FC at Celtic Park on September...

For the Hoops to get anything from the match, manager Brendan Rodgers needs all of his best players fit and available.

Moussa Dembele is one of the best players at Celtic and is arguably the best striker in the Scottish Premiership.

The 21-year-old striker has been out since July with a hamstring injury, but Rodgers has suggested that the youngster would be back for the match against PSG, having returned to training following rehabilitation work in his native France.

The France Under-21 international’s presence would certainly enhance Celtic’s chances of picking up a point against PSG.

Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers celebrates during the William Hill Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park on May 27, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

“We have to be sure he is right if he is going to have any involvement in the game,” Rodgers told BBC Sport about Dembele.

“He went to Clairefontaine [France’s national football centre] for three weeks and did some great work with the medical team there, like he’d done here before he left.

“He’s back and we’ll assess him really to see where he is at. The most important thing is we don’t risk it.

“Everyone would love to be involved in the Paris game but, if not, he’s not going to be too far away.”