One of the benefits of a guaranteed spot in the Champions League group stage is being able to focus on starting your domestic season while others battle it out in the qualifiers.
But Celtic will have an eye on one of the ties taking place despite being safe in the knowledge they'll be in the hat with the big boys when the time comes to draw those little UEFA balls out of the pots.
FC Copenhagen's two-legged affair with Sparta Prague may not be of much interest outside Denmark and the Czech Republic (or Cyprus and Poland, with Rakow Czestochowa or AEK Larnaca awaiting the winners), but the outcome is of significance to the Scottish champions.
UEFA distributes part of its prize money based on a club's coefficient ranking over the previous 10 years. Celtic are ranked 50th in that regard, meaning their 10-year payment will total €10,233,000 or £9m or so.