Rio Ferdinand admits Celtic were always up against it facing a Leipzig team with two attackers worth more than £100million between them after Ange Postecoglou's team crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday night.
The Manchester United legend has been on punditry for BT Sport and he reckons the financial gulf between Celtic and Rangers and the likes of Leipzig is so great that the dearth in quality will inevitably show on the big stage. Timo Werner was on the scoresheet against the Hoops at Parkhead and Ferdinand reckons he and teammate Christopher Nkunku were the difference.
He said: “RB Leipzig aren’t great shakes in Europe but they have Timo Werner who’s £50million – not a failure but he’s gone back to where he came from – and Nkunku could be potentially a £60million player for Chelsea. It’s a different level of budget and a different level of player. Scottish football – it is where it’s at and it’s been shown in the Celtic-Leipzig game where it’s at.”
