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Rodgers: Time for summer move
- Updated: November 27, 2016
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes the time has come for the SPFL to move to a summer season to give teams a better chance of competing in Europe.
The Hoops were again Scotland’s only representative in the group stages of European competition for the sixth successive season.
But with one game remaining in their Champions League campaign Celtic have already been eliminated, finishing behind Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach.
Rodgers took charge at Celtic Park in May and was quickly involved in Champions League qualifiers with a double-header against Lincoln Red Imps, followed by clashes with Astana of Kazakhstan and Israeli side Hapoel Be’er Sheva.
Celtic made it into the group stages of Europe’s premier competition for the first time in three years, having dropped into the Europa League in those seasons, but Rodgers concedes the current set up in Scotland is making it difficult for teams to …
