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Pep Guardiola refuses to rule out a £30m move for Moussa Dembele

Pep Guardiola has refused to rule out a big-money move for Moussa Dembele after branding the Celtic striker ‘exceptional’.

The Manchester City manager watched the French striker score twice in the 3-3 Champions League draw between the teams in September at Parkhead.

The 20-year-old has now netted 17 goals in Celtic colours and caught the eye of Liverpool, Manchester United, PSG and big-spending German club RB Leipzig by scoring twice for the French Under-21 team against England recently.

Moussa Dembele trains at Celtic's Lennoxtown training base ahead of the City game
Moussa Dembele trains at Celtic's Lennoxtown training base ahead of the City game

And, speaking ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League dead rubber at the Etihad, Guardiola declined to dismiss a £30million move out of hand, saying: ‘If you read the newspapers in the last six months, since I became a coach at Manchester City, maybe I have had contact with 126 players to buy them for Manchester City.