Ange Postecoglou on Celtic Champions League return motivator as he makes 'too soon' for Europe confession

Ange Postecoglou admits his biggest driver is to make a Champions League impact with Celtic.

The Parkhead boss has confessed it’s a major motivation to get his club back into the elite of the European game.

Postecoglou can clinch automatic entry to next season’s group stages by winning the Premiership title.

Second spot will also secure a place in the qualifiers for the continent’s premier tournament and the Aussie says he’s got deep desire to get his club competing again with the cream.

Postecoglou uses Celtic’s history as inspiration and said: “[This club] won a European Cup. How many clubs can say that?

Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.

We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.

The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.

To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.

And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.

“It’s one of those clubs that are in rarefied sort of territory and, when you do that, then that sets a standard that you need to try and uphold.

“For me, my goal is to get this football club to be playing Champions League and competing.

“There’s some massive clubs, but you also look at some other clubs that do well in the Champions League and you think, well, we can replicate that.

“This football club can, it has 60,000 supporters every game, it’s geared for success, it has a history and tradition of competing at the highest level. So there shouldn’t be a barrier to that.

“You’ve got to have