Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou hopes that extending pre-season work into the league campaign will reap rewards when their usual hectic schedule resumes.
With the Hoops’ title success earning automatic qualification for the Champions League, their first midweek game will be against Ross County in the Premier Sports Cup on August 30.
In the previous nine seasons, Celtic have had at least three and sometimes four European qualifying rounds to navigate, sometimes starting in early July.
So the cinch Premiership champions have the rare luxury of focusing solely on their league campaign in the first month of the season.
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