Neil Lennon believes his Celtic team might per chance be “up there” alongside the club’s greatest ever facets within the occasion that they complete 10-in-a-row this season.
Celtic open their Scottish Premiership campaign on Sunday and are focusing on a ancient 10th consecutive title.
Lennon acknowledges the 1967 Lisbon Lions will continually be “the benchmark”.
“They carried out the final greatness with the European Cup and nine-in-a-row and the entire cups that went with it,” manager Lennon says.
“The avid gamers might per chance perhaps per chance be talked about in those construct of circles, I could per chance perhaps per chance agree with, within the occasion that they form what we’re attempting to realize this season.”
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Lennon believes there might per chance be less tension on Celtic this season than, saying equalling the nine-in-a-row file modified into “the laborious fragment”.
He has “no longer certainly” touched on the prospect of a ancient achievement along with his avid gamers nonetheless will attain so on the eve of Celtic’s home fixture against Hamilton Academical on Sunday.
“Now we had been softly, softly with them in pre-season,” he says. “We can whip them mentally now and strive and derive them into shape and fascinated about what lies ahead.”
Diverse avid gamers contain left the club and only goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas has arrived.
Lennon admits his squad “does want strengthening” nonetheless is happy to be patient, with the window beginning unless October.
“Now we contain obtained a chunk of industry to realize yet – one or two and then we’ll per chance buy a scrutinize from there and stumble on if there are any bids for any of our avid gamers,” mentioned Lennon, who has yet to mediate if Barkas will open on Sunday after a disturbing week.
The Celtic manager has a stout squad from which to settle on as opposed to ahead Mikey Johnston, who can contain surgical operation on a calf complaint that will preserve him sidelined for four to six weeks.