Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers speaks highly of Moussa Dembele.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has told The Glasgow Evening Times that Moussa Dembele is very mature.
Dembele joined Celtic in the summer transfer window after leaving English club Fulham at the end of the 2015-16 season.
The 20-year-old forward has been a massive hit for the Bhoys, scoring goals for fun both in the Scottish Premiership and in the Champions League.
Rodgers, who was appointed the Celtic manager in the summer, has praised the France Under-21 international. The former Liverpool and Swansea City boss has hailed Dembele’s maturity.
“He’s very mature,” Rodgers told The Glasgow Evening Times about Dembele. “If you speak with him the first thing that strikes you is the maturity and you forget he’s just turned 20.
“His career is very much mapped out in his mind. He left Fulham and could have gone to most clubs in Europe but he came here for a reason.”
“He’s still developing and learning and I wouldn’t want to label him right now in the same way that I don’t want to put a ceiling on what he can achieve,” added Rodgers. “He can go as far as he wants.”
Celtic are going strong in the Scottish Premiership at the moment and are firm favourites to win the league title.
The Bhoys are at the top of the table at the moment with 28 points from 10 matches, nine points clear of second-placed and Old Firm rivals Rangers with a game in hand.
The Glasgow giants will return to action on Saturday afternoon when they take on Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership.
Celtic are favourites to win the match and should be able to pick up all three points with relative ease.
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