Brendan Rodgers pinpoints key area current Celtic crop are BETTER than his Invincibles

Brendan Rodgers has warned Premiership rivals his rapid Celtic stars are even quicker than his Invincibles.

The Hoops are looking to hit the ground running after the international break at Tynecastle on Saturday night. Rodgers’s side have been flying at home and in Europe with an unbeaten start to the league campaign, a Premier Sports Cup Final showdown with Rangers on the horizon and a place in the Champions League knockout stages within reach. The blistering form has prompted comparisons with the Celtic side in the Irishman’s first spell in charge – when the class of 2016 won an undefeated domestic Treble.

Rodgers reckons it’s tough to pick a winner – but he is convinced his current crop of speed merchants would even leave the Invincibles in their wake. He said: “This team will be faster. I would say there’s more speed in this team. The team I had first time around were very good in their possession, very good in terms of scoring goals, and they were a very strong group mentality.

“This is a different group, a different generation. It’s nearly a decade since 2016 and football changes. It’s a different group of personalities. That team I had were super successful and that first season was history making in terms of what the players did. It’s about this team creating their own history. I’m so pleased with how it’s gone but we still have a lot of work to do.”

Rodgers has been thrilled with the form his side has shown this season and is looking to pick up where he left off before the international break. Celtic are not expecting any injury concerns although globe trotters such as Alistair Johnston, Kyogo, Daizen Maeda, Reo Harate and Luis Palma are not set to check back in until Friday.

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