Celtic facing eye-watering Champions League cash chasm as Borussia Dortmund mega fees dwarf rivals

Celtic pushed the boat out to break their transfer record in the summer to sign Arne Engels from Augsburg for £11million.

But that fee is chicken feed to one of the Belgian midfielder's former Bundesliga rivals and the team who are next up for Engels and the Scottish Premiership champions in Europe.

Brendan Rodgers takes his side to Germany to face Borussia Dortmund and his former player Nuri Sahin – the Dortmund boss had a brief spell on loan at Liverpool under the Irishman – and the size of the task is made clear in the contrast of the cash spent on their respective squad. Celtic's squad was worth 20 times that of their opening Champions League rivals Slovan Bratislava but now the financial script has been flipped. Record Sport looked at how they compare.

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Total squad cost - £268m

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Total squad cost - £69.3m