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Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers believes his old club have a “great chance” of winning the Premier League.

Rodgers was in charge of the Reds when they last challenged for the title, only to finish second behind Manchester City in 2013-14.

The Northern Irishman was replaced by Jurgen Klopp at Anfield last October, with the German this season having transformed Liverpool into contenders once again, four points adrift of leaders Chelsea in third place.

And Rodgers, who is now boss of Scottish side Celtic, reckons the Reds squad will benefit form the experience of their previous title tilt.

Asked how near Liverpool are to winning the championship, Rodgers said: “Very close, very close.

“It’s just unfortunate the other day, I thought they were excellent in the first half (against Bournemouth).

“You get to 3-1, I’ve had similar games there myself, we looked like we were in control and then you lose them.

“The players that were there when I was there have got greater experience now – Coutinho, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Leiva – these are guys that have been through it.

“Obviously they’ve got one game a week, they can really focus on that, and I think they will be very, very close.

“As I’ve said, he’s done great Jurgen, he’s got them really working, got them focused and they’ve got big quality in the squad so I’m sure they’ll be in with a great chance.”

Rodgers, meanwhile, addressed rumours striker Moussa Dembele could leave in January, with the in-form 20-year-old having been linked with Liverpool and a number of other clubs.

He told talkSPORT’s Jim White: “No, I don’t think it will be January.

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“At Celtic, you know how it is. We know how it is. If we get a really talented player there’s probably a cycle of a couple of years with them.

“You look at (Victor) Wanyama, Virgil van Dijk, Ki (Sung-yueng) – they come up here and it’s a great platform for them to demonstrate their qualities but then the likelihood is they get a better offer, financially, and they move down south.

“With Moussa, I think that was always going to be the case.”