Liverpool and Arsenal target will not be sold in January says Rodgers

Celtic boss, Brendan Rodgers says the club will not allow Moussa Dembele to leave the club in January.

The forward has had a prominent rise to stardom in Glasgow since his arrival from Fulham in the summer and has reportedly attracted the attention of Premier League giants, including Arsenal and Liverpool. Rodgers, though, is determined to keep him for at least the rest of the season.

The Celtic boss seem resigned to losing the France international in the not-so-distant future.

“No, I don’t think it will be January,” he told talkSPORT.

“At Celtic, you know how it is. We know how it is. If we get a really talented player there’s probably a cycle of a couple of years with them.

“You look at [Victor] Wanyama, Virgil van Dijk, Ki [Sung-yueng] – they come up here and it’s a great platform for them to demonstrate their qualities but then the likelihood is they get a better offer, financially, and they move down south.

“With Moussa, I think that was always going to be the case.”

The 20-year-old is enjoying a fine season in the SPL.. He has racked up 29 appearances across all competitions this season, scoring an impressive 17 goals in the process.

Dembele featured in Celtic’s 1-1 draw away to Manchester City in the Champions League Wednesday, having scored a brace in the reverse fixture.