Brendan Rodgers has pressured he returned to Celtic to push the membership on in Europe – and is “very confident” they will signal gamers who can assist him obtain that objective.
The Hoops stay unbeaten within the Scottish Premiership this season however crashed out of Europe in midweek after a 2-0 defeat towards Lazio within the Champions League.
They’ve now gone 15 Champions League group video games with out victory, a run stretching again to Rodgers’ first spell in cost.
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Luis Palma has been the standout success story of Celtic’s eight summer time signings, however they’ve collectively made solely 9 begins between them in 5 European video games.
The departure of Josip Juranovic, Giorgos Giamoukais, Jota, Aaron Mooy and Carl Starfelt has made it tough for Celtic to enhance on their earlier Champions League marketing campaign, after they collected two factors.
Rodgers stated: “There isn’t any doubt now that, one, the squad will come down in numbers and clearly we have to add high quality.
“There is no dressing it up, the group lost real quality players in the summer. That’s something that over the coming windows we will look to improve on.”
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Celtic made a £40.7m revenue final season and followers are calling for more cash to be invested within the squad.
Rodgers added: “The supporters have every right to demand the highest level. That’s what we demand here also.
“The membership have been so effectively run for therefore a few years and from a home perspective that is been highlighted in what the membership have achieved.
“I think the next step is the European side and that’s why I came back, to hopefully be able to fulfil that in my time here.
“I felt after I got here in right here in the summertime, with the squad that was already in place from final season, that we in all probability wanted 4 gamers. By that I meant 4 high quality gamers so as to add to the squad.
Luis Palma has impressed since becoming a member of Celtic in the summertime
“Now, how the game works, you lose players, and there were players that were earmarked to come here prior to me coming here.
“That is completely effective, there is not any downside, we have now acquired younger skills right here that can develop and develop and that is the mannequin of the membership, however in fact to proceed to enhance and develop it’s good to even have gamers who’re established
as a result of they assist deliver these gamers up.
“And I am very, very confident that we can do that over the coming windows.
“As soon as we get a few of our gamers again, Daizen (Maeda), Liel Abada, crucial gamers for us, Reo Hatate when he comes again in January will probably be like a brand new signing for us.
“But there’s no doubt we have to add extra quality. We don’t need quantity of players, you need quality and that’s how you improve.”
Reo Hatate is out till after Christmas with a hamstring harm
Rodgers added a caveat that January shouldn’t be one of the best window to signal new gamers.
Forward of Sunday’s Scottish Premiership match towards St Johnstone, dwell on Sky Sports activities, he stated: “My sole focus is the players we have and maximising what they are bringing to the game. So far this season, without having a settled team through injuries, the players have performed domestically very well and in Europe they have had some really good moments.
“However the magnificence and pleasure for me is that I do know it’ll enhance and that is what I sit up for.
“It doesn’t necessarily all have to be in January because the right players might not be available. It might be the summer, but certainly over my time here we want to improve the depth and quality.
“If in January we are able to do this, then I am fairly certain the membership will give us each likelihood to enhance the crew.”
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