Rodgers believes squad is good to go

BRENDAN Rodgers, will trust his Treble-winning Celtic side to get the club back into the Champions League. Rodgers has made just one addition to his squad so far this summer, in the shape of Aberdeen’s Jonny Hayes.

Supporters are itching for further new faces ahead of the qualifying campaign, but the manager believes his group are strong enough to get the club back into the group stage of Europe’s premier competition for a second successive season.

Rodgers will look to bring in one more key target to strengthen his hand but he appeared relaxed about the lack of transfer activity as he gave a wide-ranging interview on Celtic TV.

“There are two players in particular. Jonny was one and then there is another I would hope we can get in,” Rodgers said. “Then I just want to get through the qualifiers with the players who have got us through, knowing they are a year better on.

“I also want to just wait and see because I know the markets in England and the rest of Europe well. I know how it works. It’s later on in the window before some of the players of real quality become available. I want to bring the best possible players here. We don’t need quantity this season, we need quality.” Hayes has been something of a low-key addition but Rodgers said: “I felt that last year, outside of my own players, he was the most dangerous player by a country mile that I’d faced. On a one-to-one he is exceptional and he will get the supporters off their feet. I think he’s a player the supporters will really take to. He’s a Celtic guy, his family are Celtic and I just think sometimes when you have those about, you maybe get that wee bit extra one or two per cent. I wouldn’t have brought him in if I didn’t think he would add to what he’s got.” Celtic head to Austria tomorrow with three games scheduled as they begin their preparations for their Champions League qualifiers. They play BW Linz in Austria on Wednesday evening before then taking on Rapid Vienna on Saturday and Slavia Prague a week on Tuesday. “We need to reclaim our football fitness