Celtic suffered a defeat and would not be playing in the Champions League group stage.
Brendan Rodger side would be playing in Europa play off round, meeting with Latvia’s Spartaks Jurmala or Suduva Marijampole of Lithuania.
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“You do that by adding to the squad,” Rodgers told BBC Scotland. “It’s pretty obvious, you have to keep progressing and keep getting stronger.”
Referencing his former club, he added: “You only need to look at Liverpool, who got to the Champions League final and invested the money they had to be stronger.”
Celtic after reaching Champions League made about £30m last season and stands to make more than 50% after UEFA announced increase in prize money.
Unfortunately AEK Anthens will play Hungarian side MOL Vidi for a place in the group stage, with Celtic dropping into the Europa League play-off round.
Celtic will face either Latvia’s Spartaks Jurmala or Suduva of Lithuania, with the prize money for winning that tie £2.6m, compared to £13.6m for reaching the Champions League group stage
AEK Brito Rodrigo Galo after six minutes found space in the box to convert a cross, and a Marko Livaja header just after the break as Celtic failed to deal with another delivery.
Scott Sinclair gave the visitors hope with 12 minutes remaining by heading in, but Celtic could not find a second to edge them through on away goals.
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