Karamoko Dembele in curious Celtic case of untapped potential as star faces going from next big thing to free agent

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Out-of-contract Karamoko Dembele looks to be heading for the Celtic exit door after failing to live up to his early Parkhead potential.

The 19-year-old is the most highly-touted player to emerge from Scotland in years but has yet to make his breakthrough into the Parkhead first-team.The attacker has struggled for game time this season after an injury hampered his pre-season preparation.A six-month layoff followed an ankle injury picked up against Bristol City, and things quickly changed at Celtic Park in his absence.The winger faces stiff competition to make his claim for a starting spot having tumbled down the pecking order with the arrival Jota, Daizen Maeda and Liel Abada in the last two transfer windows.

Experienced James Forrest is also going nowhere in a hurry after the Scotland cap penned a new deal, and Mikey Johnston will also hope to make a case for a regular spot in the team in pre-season.

And that's before any new additions arrive with Champions League football just around the corner.That has left Dembele limited to just two first-team appearances this term – totalling only 20 minutes in his two cameos off the bench against Dundee United and St Mirren in March.Since then he has mainly made appearances for the colt team as he approaches the end of his deal.