In an exclusive reported by Scottish news website Glasgow Live, Liverpool are set to test Celtic's resolve with a mammoth £20m bid for French striking sensation Moussa Dembele.

What's the word?

Not content with being the highest scorers in the English Premier League, the Anfield club are said to be offering a package to bring Dembele south of the border this January, stealing a march on potential suitors next summer.

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Glasgow Live report that Klopp's side are prepared to offer £10m up front for the striker with another £10m to be paid in add ons, based on what Dembele can do at Liverpool and what success he can bring.

It would be a sensational transfer if it came off, breaking Scottish records, but it would also be a heartbreaking farewell for Celtic fans who have taken to the young Frenchman already so early in his Hoops career.

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Doesn't he want to stay?

We discussed yesterday that Moussa Dembele wanted to stay at Celtic for the foreseeable future.

Quoted by the Glasgow Evening Times, he said: "I have a four-year contract at Celtic and I don’t see myself leaving. I won’t be going anywhere in winter."

But as we know money talks and a chance to substantially boost his wages while playing for another of Europe's iconic clubs could be too big a draw for the player.

The club too would have to think seriously about accepting the offer given that he arrived from Fulham in the summer for a compensation fee below £1m.

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How good is he?

Dembele already has plenty of talent but it's his potential that has eyes across Europe looking on in envy at Celtic for obtaining the striker for such a cut-price fee.

He's scored 17 goals already this season for the Glasgow club including 5 in Europe. He's also a big game player, scoring in derbies and cup finals in front of some of the biggest crowds in football.

At just 20 years of age, the sky is the limit for the young man.

While the potential fee is a lot of money, if Liverpool can get in on his talent early, £20m may end up to be considered a bargain in Premier League terms in the future.

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