Brendan Rodgers shows off his unbreakable confidence in Celtic as he sets a Champions League target

Brendan Rodgers shows off his unbreakable confidence in Celtic as he sets a Champions League target

Brendan Rodgers believes Celtic’s fantastic transfer work has provided the strength to push for a Champions League playoff spot.

 

The manager reckons the summer recruitment efforts can aid the squad’s positive approach. Kasper Schmeichel kick-off their campaign in the new-look top-tier competition with a home clash against Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday week. Rodgers is eager for the challenge and said: “All the games are going to be great experiences for us and games where we can measure ourself at this level.

“The club done some fantastic work in the market, it’s given us that strength. Now we can go into these games and really test ourselves. Really push and see if we can come out as one of the teams that can qualify into a playoff place at the end of it. So we’ll give everything we can. We’ll be really positive in our approach. We know, we prepared for that over pre-season, there are going to be games where we just have to manage that and it can look slightly different for us. But our intent is to always impose ourselves in the game, to make it really, really difficult for the opposition that we are playing.

“That’s always our mantra. With and without the ball, whilst giving absolutely everything to our game and sacrificing ourselves to attack with everything we have and defend with everything we have. That’s what the Champions League will bring out of us, so I’m really looking forward to it. I cannot wait for it to start.”

Rodgers added the likes of Arne Engels, Adam Idah and Paulo Bernardo to the unit before late-window work tied-down the services of additions Arne Engels, Auston Trusty, Alex Valle and Luke McCowan.

 

The manager feels the strength in depth he has acquired will boost the domestic ambitions as well as the Euro bid.