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

Brendan Rodgers takes his side to Germany and the size of the take is laid bare in squad contrast

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.

Borussia Dortmund

Goalkeepers

• Gregor Kobel (£12m)
• Alexander Meyer (free)
• Marcel Lotka (free)

Defenders

• Yan Couto (£21m)
• Waldemar Anton (£19m)
• Nico Schlotterbeck (£21m)
• Ramy Bensebaini (free)
• Emre Can (£20m)
• Julian Ryerson (£4m)

Midfielders

• Giovanni Reyna (free)
• Felix Nmecha (£25m)
• Julian Brandt (£21m)
• Pascal Gross (£8m)
• Julien Duranville (£7m)
• Marcel Sabitzer (£15m)

• Kjell Watjen (Academy)
• Jamie Gittens (free)

Attackers

• Serhou Guirassy (£15m)
• Maximillian Beier (£25m)
• Donyell Malen (£25m)
• Karim Adeyemi (£30m)

Total squad cost - £268m

Celtic

Goalkeepers

• Kasper Schmeichel (free)
• Viljami Sinisalo (£1m)
• Scott Bain (free)

Defenders

• Alistair Johnston (£3.5m)
• Greg Taylor (£3m)
• Liam Scales (£500,000)
• Auston Trusty (£6m)
• Alex Valle (loan)
• Maik Nawrocki (£4.3m)
• Cameron Carter-Vickers (£6m)
• Anthony Ralston (Academy)
• Stephen Welsh (Academy)

Midfielders

• Reo Hatate (£1.4m)
• Luis Palma (£3.5m)
• Nicolas Kuhn (£3m)
• Yang Hyun-jun (£2m)
• Luke McCowan (£1m)
• Arne Engels (£11m)

• Paulo Bernardo (£3.5m)
• Callum McGregor (Academy)
• James Forrest (Academy)
• Adam Montgomery (Academy)

Attackers

• Kyogo Furuhashi (£4.5m)
• Adam Idah (£9.5m)
• Daizen Maeda (£1.6m)

Total squad cost - £69.3m

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