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Brendan Rodgers' Celtic are preparing for different Scottish rubric defence
Celtic bash not request "a large overhaul", says Brendan Rodgers, but the manager expects to spot the Scottish champions "doing more" successful the transportation market.
Rodgers has recruited goalkeeper Ross Doohan, forwards Benjamin Nygren and Callum Osmand, positive defender Kieran Tierney, portion left-back Greg Taylor has joined PAOK.
"We're not needing a large overhaul of the squad, but freshness is truthful important," Rodgers told nine media.
"Some of these guys person been present a agelong time. It's truthful important, adjacent successful a winning squad, that you refresh that and reset the contention successful the squad. We've done immoderate truly bully concern up until now."
However, helium stressed: "I spot america doing much to get america acceptable up for hopefully what volition beryllium a truly breathtaking season."
Tierney departed Celtic for Arsenal successful a £25m transportation six years agone and the Scotland planetary has returned Glasgow arsenic a escaped agent.
"Sometimes apical players similar that mightiness travel backmost aboriginal connected successful their career, but we're getting Kieran astatine 27 years of age," Rodgers said.
"I was with him during the summer, truthful I cognize archetypal manus arsenic good however excited helium is to beryllium present and I'm looking guardant to seeing this caller mentation of Kieran, having had the acquisition successful the Premier League and playing astatine a apical nine similar Arsenal.
"He'll travel backmost present with greater maturity some arsenic a person, arsenic a nonrecreational and tactically and present we tin truly get the benefits of that."
Of Sweden headdress Nygren, Rodgers added: "He's a person connected the transportation and helium produces connected the transportation successful presumption of his goals helium scores, what helium creates and he's got existent bully physicality.
"I'm truly looking guardant to seeing him accommodate to however we play."