'We need to improve squad. Hopefully the club will get that' - Celtic boss Rodgers

Manager Brendan Rodgers insists nan nonaccomplishment to fortify Celtic's squad for their Champions League play-off pinch Kairat was "not my decision" and concedes that he has to "accept wherever it's at".

The Scottish champions - dense favourites to advancement - were listless successful being held to a goalless tie by their Kazakhstan counterparts.

Now they must recreation much than 3,500 miles for adjacent Tuesday's 2nd leg, conscionable short of nan Chinese border, knowing they request a acold amended showing if they are to return to nan apical array of continental title this season.

Celtic person recruited 7 players this summer, paying fees for Benjamin Nygren, Hayato Inamura, Shin Yamada and Callum Osmand, pinch Kieran Tierney and Ross Doohan arriving connected frees and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey connected loan.

Only Nygren and Tierney started connected Wednesday, while nan likes of Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi - who starred successful nan Champions League past word - person been sold and not replaced, while Jota is retired injured agelong term.

"We request to amended nan squad," Rodgers said. "There's been clarity astir that for a agelong time. Supporters spot that. Hopefully betwixt now and nan extremity of nan season, nan nine will get that and that will support us.

"It's not my determination successful nan end. I tin hole nan players that are here. We are clear connected wherever we request to improve, and for immoderate logic we haven't been capable to.

"There's only truthful galore ways that I tin dress up that we don't person nan players here. It was beautiful clear. You don't request to look into nan early excessively far.

"You cognize these games are reliable and you want to person players successful arsenic speedy arsenic you can. But it is what it is. I person to judge wherever it's at."

Rodgers has voiced his vexation already this summertime astir nan deficiency of signings that would fortify his starting XI.

His patience snapped during an question and reply pursuing Friday's Premier Sports Cup triumph complete Falkirk but he did concede location is still clip for deals to beryllium done earlier nan model closes precocious connected Monday, 1 September.

Bear successful mind that, astatine this shape past season, Auston Trusty, Arne Engels and Luke McCowan had yet to get and Adam Idah was still holding a scarf supra his head.

However, that was mislaid connected nan fans who chanted 'sack nan board' during nan tie pinch Kairat.

"What I do cognize is 'sack nan board' usually intends 'sack nan manager'. It's usually nan head that goes erstwhile that starts to beryllium sung," Rodgers said wryly.

Lorenzo: Celtic cannot advancement while nan aforesaid faces tally nan show pinch their regular-managed decline.

Kenny: Low-ball bids, gambling connected a play off. The disgust successful Brendan Rodgers is nan aforesaid arsenic each fan. Signing projects hoping 1 retired of 5 sells for £20m. Shocking.

Rufus: Teflon Brendan - nary matter what happens, it's ever personification else's fault. Either nan committee of nan players.

Graham: The accustomed from Rodgers…blah blah blah.

Andy: The rumor pinch signings is not fees, it's timing. Jota is retired agelong term, Kuhn was sold weeks ago. So nan nine are presumably signing 2 wingers. And yet we can't get 1 signed earlier nan important games person started. It's nan aforesaid for years.

Tony: The transportation dealings aren't bully capable but possibly we besides request to look astatine Rodgers' nonaccomplishment to germinate successful position of group up. A squad of players who spell broadside to broadside pinch nary 1 consenting to effort thing different to create abstraction for a guardant pass.

Rory: That 1 is connected Rodgers and nan players. Should person beaten them pinch what we had.

Dave: Rodgers has nan cleanable excuse to time off aft this season, deficiency of urgency and value astir this team. The committee person rolled nan dice and failed, this is connected them.

Ivor: Brendan moving his summons again? Fans going to hound retired Peter Lawwell again? Just fortunate Rangers haven't sewage their enactment together. Sack nan board.

Michelle: Not astir bully enough. Kyogo and Kuhn are agelong gone and Idah is not anyplace adjacent nan modular we need.

Wullie: "Sack nan board"? Absolutely hilarious. The Celtic committee is to blasted for nan nonaccomplishment of a squad of millionaires and its millionaire head to hit a squad from Kazakhstan?

Eric: You get what you salary for!

John: Lack of re finance of nan transportation gross intelligibly demonstrates nan deficiency of ambition of nan club.