ARSENAL are ready to scrap it out with Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain for Celtic’s 16-year-old wonderkid Karamoko Dembele. Gunners boss Unai Emery is looking to youth as he strives to build a bright new era at The Emirates. German giants Borussia Dortmund and a clutch of Premier League clubs are also chasing the Bhoys teenager. […]
ARSENAL are ready to scrap it out with Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain for Celtic’s 16-year-old wonderkid Karamoko Dembele.
Gunners boss Unai Emery is looking to youth as he strives to build a bright new era at The Emirates.
German giants Borussia Dortmund and a clutch of Premier League clubs are also chasing the Bhoys teenager.
Arsenal could nip ahead of the rest after doing business with Parkhead chiefs earlier this summer with a £25million deal for left-back Kieran Tierney.
Dembele made the first-team breakthrough under boss Neil Lennon at the tail-end of last season, impressing in a 2-1 victory over Hearts.
Although he has had to be patient so far this campaign, he is massively-rated by Celtic chiefs.
The winger signed a long-term deal this year.
Although he played for England Under-15s against Belgium, he has been capped for Scotland at U-16 and U-17 levels.
From a very tender age Dembele was tipped for the very top.
Soon after his appointment as Celtic chief, Brendan Rodgers invited the prodigious youngster to train with the first team.
The London-born teenager, whose parents were born in the Ivory Coast, moved to Glasgow with his family when he was just a one-year-old.
He made national headlines when he starred for the Celtic U-20 side at just 13!
Dembele signed his first professional contract at Parkhead in 2018, tying him to the club until 2021.
He was an unused sub in the Scottish Cup Final last season, a 2-1 victory for the Hoops against Hearts.
Along with Scotland and England, he can also represent Ivory Coast at senior level.
Dembele’s older brother Siriki plays for League One club Peterborough.
