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Rodgers: Roberts has big Man City future

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers says Patrick Roberts has the ability to make it at parent club Manchester City.

Allowed to play against his parent club under UEFA rules, Roberts ghosted past Clichy to score a fine goal before young City prospect Kelecho Iheanacho equalised shortly afterwards for last night's Champions League clash.

"He has the quality – no doubt," said Rodgers. "When he signed (for Celtic) it was for 18 months and the idea was to play games at his age.

"At Celtic, with 60,000 fans every other week, he's dealing with expectancy and has won a league and a Cup and is now a winner.

"I'm sure he'll come back here and Pep will look in the summer. He's tactically good and physically he looked strong. He's a big talent and he will have a big career here."

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