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Dembele 08:17 - Oct 1 with 4805 views

There is a really interesting piece in the Athletic on him for anyone who has a subscription. Talks about his incredible potential that had him up there with Bellingham and Musiala in the England youth teams and the challenges of trying to find his potential.

Dembele on 00:34 - Oct 3 with 838 views

KensalT

Dembele on 08:29 - Oct 1 by MrSheen
Didn’t Celtic get permission for him to play in their Under 18s when he was 13, or something? Imagine how diddy he was then.

He was 13 when he played for Celtic's Under-20's

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Dembele on 08:08 - Oct 3 with 620 views

PlanetHonneywood

Dembele on 00:34 - Oct 3 by KensalT
He was 13 when he played for Celtic's Under-20's [Post edited 3 Oct 0:39]

I wondered what happened to him after Different Strokes.

Well I wonder if his injury record is linked to the fact he's played too much footy at such an age.


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Dembele on 10:00 - Oct 3 with 512 views

BrianMcCarthy

Dembele on 08:08 - Oct 3 by PlanetHonneywood
I wondered what happened to him after Different Strokes. Well I wonder if his injury record is linked to the fact he's played too much footy at such an age.

You would have to wonder, Kensal.

Either way, having a 13-yr old in the same team, and maybe dressing room as grown men is a terrible way to treat a footballer, and an incredibly risky thing to do to a child.

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Dembele on 10:31 - Oct 3 with 468 views

KensalT

Dembele on 10:00 - Oct 3 by BrianMcCarthy
You would have to wonder, Kensal. Either way, having a 13-yr old in the same team, and maybe dressing room as grown men is a terrible way to treat a footballer, and an incredibly risky thing to do to a child.

Hopefully he was changing in a separate room.

Otherwise Celtic would have left themselves open to some serious safeguarding questions!

Dembele on 11:30 - Oct 3 with 389 views

BrianMcCarthy

Dembele on 10:31 - Oct 3 by KensalT
Hopefully he was changing in a separate room. Otherwise Celtic would have left themselves open to some serious safeguarding questions!

Well, hopefully, as you say. I think someone on here pointed out recently that separate dressing rooms are now law?

Not sure if they were back then, but even if they were, and he did tog on and off on his own, having a 13-yr old in an adult team and environment can't be any good whatsoever for the person or the player.

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Dembele on 13:56 - Oct 3 with 258 views

Terry49

Could not agree more, utter waste of space and money

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Dembele on 16:53 - Oct 3 with 134 views

WadR

Thanks for sharing the article.

Find it a bit depressing that - in response to a piece in which Dembele is insightful about experiences of racism, commodifcation of his talents at a really young age and effect of injuries - some responses seem to completely ignore this and focus on calling him rubbish (unfairly).

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