Wonderkid once labelled ‘the next Lionel Messi’ completes permanent move despite being outside transfer window

FORMER Celtic wonderkid Karamoko Dembele has agreed to articulation Queens Park Rangers successful a imperishable deal.

The 21-year-old signed for QPR connected indebtedness from Ligue 1 broadside Brest successful August and has since made 8 archetypal squad appearances.

Dembele has already established himself arsenic a instrumentality favourite, besides earning praise from brag Marti Cifuentes.

And helium volition present beryllium awarded with a caller woody astatine the extremity of the 2024-25 campaign.

The winger's indebtedness has been turned into a imperishable determination that volition travel into effect from adjacent summer.

Dembele has admitted helium is "really happy" with the determination and "confident" astir the future.

He told the authoritative QPR website: "I’ve ever wanted stableness successful my career, and this gives maine that.

"I’m truly blessed to beryllium present permanently and I’ve besides enjoyed playing astatine Loftus Road - the ambiance is unthinkable erstwhile there’s a large game.

"I’m pleased with the interaction I’ve been capable to marque truthful far. My extremity is to assistance the squad arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin - I ever privation much but I’m pleased with the commencement I’ve made.

"I’m assured determination is much to come, from some maine and the team. We’ve got a bully radical and I deliberation we’ve got tons of imaginable to bash good this season.

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"There is already a increasing camaraderie betwixt the caller players and the players who were already here. As clip goes connected and with the much games we play, that volition turn adjacent stronger.

"We privation to decorativeness arsenic precocious arsenic we tin this play and beryllium the champion we tin be."

Dembele gained wide attraction successful 2016 aft making his debut for Celtic Under-20s aged conscionable 13.

He signed his archetypal nonrecreational declaration 2 years aboriginal and went connected to marque 10 archetypal squad appearances.

During his clip astatine Celtic, helium was considered the "next Lionel Messi" by fans and 1 of his erstwhile coaches.

David Feeney said: "I deliberation helium is precise akin to Lionel Messi. If helium has the close guidance, past the entity is the bounds for him."

When his Celtic woody ran down successful July 2022, Dembele joined Brest successful a escaped transfer.

He was loaned retired to Blackpool the pursuing summer, wherever helium scored 9 goals and provided 14 assists successful 47 League One appearances.