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One thing that Postecoglou could not crack was making waves with Celtic in Europe - the near-perennial Scottish champions have too often exited Europe without making much of a splash in recent years.
Rodgers' new dawn saw them finish bottom of their Champions League group in his first season, a drop into the Europa League before falling at the first hurdle in year two. In year three, they failed even to get past the third qualifying round.
Postecoglou's version also fell in the Europa League last 32 in his first season, while Celtic finished bottom of their Champions League group last term.
It is clear that success in Europe next season is high up on the checklist - with talk that Rodgers will be given major financial support in order to compete in the Champions League, where Celtic automatically go into the group stage.
Recruitment
That financial support, however, needs to be spent in the right way - as Rodgers' recruitment was too hit-and-miss for Celtic's liking.There were success stories with Moussa Dembele, Scott Sinclair, Kristoffer Ajer, Odsonne Edouard and Olivier Ntcham, but six-figure fees were forked out for Marvin Compper, Vakoun Bayo, Jack Hendry, Eboue Kouassi and Jonny Hayes - who were either plagued with inconsistency or never got going in the first place.