Swiss Ramble puts the cash focus on Celtic and the Champions League

Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Bayern Munich v Chelsea - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - August 8, 2020 General view of a matchball, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Swiss Ramble has turned his attention to Scottish football, highlighting the significance of Champions League football.

Having messed things up from a seeded position in the Champions Route Celtic face a far tougher route to the group stage with most fans admitting that their team has no more than a 50-50 chance of getting past Midtjylland.

Things would need to pick up rapidly if PSV Eindhoven or Galatasaray were to be overcome to reach the play-off stage.

In cold terms reaching the Champions League in 2018 was worth £30m to Celtic, effectively the failures of Peter Lawwell since then have cost the club the best part of £100m.

Playing in the Champions League added to the value of Kieran Tierney and Moussa Dembele, finding similar value in the squad that Ange Postecoglou has inherited isn’t an easy task.

After three seasons outside the Champions League it looks increasingly like 2016 and 2017 were blips from the norm with Celtic geared towards the Europa League but even that insurance policy is far from assured this season as a new regime attempts to halt the decline.

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