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Celtic whizkid Dembele eager to duck comparisons with Chelsea legend Drogba

Celtic whizkid Moussa Dembele is eager to duck comparisons with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was on the coaching staff at Stamford Bridge when Drogba arrived at Chelsea and went on to become a club hero.

And Rodgers can see the same attributes and potential in 20-year-old Dembele as Drogba had when he arrived in the English Premier League.

Dembele said: “It's great to be compared to that kind of player, but I want to make my own name.

“Hopefully with the goals I have scored and the goals I will score, I will do that.

“I looked up to Drogba when I was younger. He was one of the greatest strikers in the world.

“He could score from anywhere, inside or outside the box. For me, he was one the best strikers there has ever been in the Premier League."

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