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McManus: Dembele price tag has shot up by millions

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BBC pundit Tam McManus has predicted that Moussa Dembele’s price tag will rocket following his goal against Paris-Saint Germain on Wednesday night.

The former Hibernian striker took to his personal Twitter account to claim that Dembele’s first-half strike in the Champions League clash in France will have “added a few million” to his valuation when he exits, which will “probably be in the summer”.

Dembele give Celtic an early advantage after two minutes when an Olivier Ntcham corner was cut back to him on the edge of the box and he curled in a 20-yard shot.

It was the France Under-21 international’s first Champions League goal of a season truncated by injury, and his seventh in all competitions.

PSG responded with four goals in a scintillating blitz before half-time, as Neymar struck twice and Kylian Mbappe once after Edinson Cavani’s equaliser.

Dembele was signed by Celtic for a compensation fee of just £300,000 in the summer of 2016 and went on to light up Scottish football with 32 goals in his debut season.

OPINION

Dembele will be a brilliant signing next summer for any leading European club, even if his price tag rockets above £30million. After overcoming injury problems in the opening months of the campaign, the striker proved with his 12-minute hat-trick for France Under-21s last week and his latest marquee-match goal against PSG that he is back to his best, which spells dangers for Celtic’s opponents in the coming months. Dembele is a rising star with an appetite for the big occasion. Hoops fans should enjoy him while they can.

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