Hoops assistant manager Chris Davies has told Celtic to trust in Brendan Rodgers as the Parkhead side look to navigate their way through this season's Champions League campaign.

Celtic were placed in Group B against Paris Saint Germain who have dominated the summer transfer window with their deals for Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, while Bayern Munich and Anderlecht also await.

Davies, though, has insisted that Rodgers will ensure that the Celtic players do not go into any of the games with an inferiority complex.

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The Hoops open their campaign against PSG on Tuesday, September 12th. And Davies doesn't expect Celtic to be in awe of the French giants.

“Qualifying is a fantastic achievement and you have to look at what you are up against now," he said. "There is a massive gap which has opened up in Europe, more than ever, between some of these elite teams and the rest.

“You have to be mindful of that. The money they are spending on one player alone is incredible.

“But it’s not as if we have players who haven’t played at this level before. We’ve got some excellent players ourselves with Champions League and international experience.

“Neymar has gone to PSG with that enormous transfer fee [£198m] but he is someone our players have played against, so that’s a good reference for them in terms of their level. That will give them confidence.

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“You look at the draw and there are world class players in every group.

"Brendan is a realistic, pragmatic manager. But at the same time he gives players belief and confidence. He has a lot of confidence in the way we play and what we can produce.

“It is an exciting challenge, not one which scares us.

“We are playing against teams which are favourites to beat you. You are the underdog against the likes of PSG and Bayern.

“It’s not something that is new to Celtic, going into these kind of games against really good teams. We are going to embrace it and look forward to it. We are going to control what we can in terms of planning for the games tactically.

“It’s an exciting challenge for us all, The players can look forward to going out and showing the same personality they did away to Moenchengladbach, Manchester City and Rosenborg - references where in good European venues we performed well."

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And Davies has also insisted that there is no defensive crisis at Celtic after conceding four goals in the second-half against Astana on Tuesday night.

A deal for South African internationalist Rivaldo Coetzee has been agreed with a work permit the only hold-up, an arrival that should strengthen their depth in defence.

“We were in that unique position in a play-off final where the opponent was putting enormous risk into the game by changing their shape and chasing everything while we were counter-attacking and making chances ourselves," he said. "We weren’t finishing our chances and they were taking theirs and the game became opponent.

"The point I am trying to make is that we are a better team defensively now than what we were this time last year. We conceded 7 goals in the qualifying campaign last year, and four this year. Away at Rosenborg it was a fantastic defensive performance so we are evolving and improving as time goes by. We will look forward to it.

"The other point that is important to make is that you can’t underestimate just how much of an achievement it is to qualify for us. I don’t think anyone should come away from that at any point. What we go through as a club to get there is very difficult. You are in the first weeks of pre-season against teams who have played 20-odd games and you have to go to different places on different pitches and we have had a lot of injuries.

"It is a fantastic achievement to qualify from Brendan and from the players and we should savour it and really enjoy it."