Karamoko Dembele has a bright future at Scottish Premiership champions Celtic.
Karamoko Dembele certainly made an impact in his first game back from injury.
Arguably the most exciting young talent in Scottish football right now found the net from close range to seal a dramatic 4-2 win for Celtic’s reserves in a Cup clash with Greenock Morton this week.
And it is fair to say Dembele is glad to be back.
It’s easy to forget that Dembele is just 16. If feels like he’s been around forever, shooting to fame with a dazzling display for Celtic’s U20s during Brendan Rodgers’ first few weeks at the helm all the way back in 2016.
Dembele was 13 then and made fools out of players up to seven years his senior. These days, the Scotland U17 wonderkid is featuring at U23 level and making that look easy too, getting himself on the scoresheet alongside ex-Arsenal and Southampton starlets Armstrong Okoflex and Jonathan Afolabi when Morton came to town.
But the goal, tapped home clinically from inside the box, was just the icing on the cake with Dembele producing yet another display full of class, confidence and the swagger of a genuine street footballer.
No wonder Celtic fans have high hopes for this London-born superstar-in-the-making.
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