Moussa Dembele had stunned the Parc des Princes with a first-minute opener for Celtic, but Neymar turned the game on its head with two goals (9, 21) for the Group B leaders.

The Brazilian then turned provider as Edinson Cavani tapped in PSG’s third, while Kylian Mbappe ensured he would not miss out on the action when firing past Craig Gordon (35).

After the break, PSG scored three goals in five minutes, with Cavani getting his second (79) in between strikes from Marco Verratti (75) and Dani Alves (80).

The Ligue 1 leaders have now scored 24 goals in five games, seeing them comfortably overtake Borussia Dortmund’s record of 21 goals in last season’s group stage.

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich gave Celtic a huge boost in the race for a Europa League spot after running out 2-1 winners over Anderlecht.

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Toure, 36, made 17 appearances for Celtic last season before ending his playing career to focus on coaching.

“This is a new chapter in my career, a new beginning. The football is over now,” Toure told the Celtic website. 

“I can officially say I am retired from playing and now I am fully concentrating on coaching.”

In his new role, the former Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City defender will be “supporting on all first-team coaching matters” and using his knowledge to assist Celtic’s various youth levels.

‘Learn so much from Brendan Rodgers’

After taking up a coaching role with the Ivory Coast national set-up in the summer, Toure is relishing his coaching opportunity in the Scottish Premiership.

“For me, there is no big change in terms of what I will be doing,” he said. “I have always been the kind of player who tries to help those around me.

“Now I will try to give advice, help the young players and just guide them and pass on all the experience I have acquired during my career.”

Toure had gained some coaching experience in the second half of last season at Celtic and is eager for more.

“I can learn so much from working with Brendan Rodgers,” he said. “He is a top manager. I will be working with him and his staff very closely each day.

“He is one of the best young managers in the world right now.

“What he’s doing for Celtic is there for all to see. He’s doing amazingly right now.”

Manager Rodgers said Toure was a welcome addition to his coaching staff.

“This is great news for Celtic that we are able to bring a man of Kolo’s experience into our coaching team,” the Celtic manager said.

“In everything he does, he is quite simply a fantastic example to anyone.

“He has worked at the top of the game for so many years and he has all the qualities which any player of any age should aspire to.

“He is a fantastic role model for our younger players and someone who has a level of experience and knowledge which can only be invaluable to our established players.”

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Source: BBC Sport

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The 20-year-old centre-back will need to pass a medical and receive a work permit ahead of concluding his move to Glasgow.

Coetzee became the youngest player to represent his country and has earned 16 international caps.

He also played for South Africa at the Rio Olympics, after appearing at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Coetzee, who made his Ajax Cape Town debut at 15, would become Celtic’s fourth signing of the summer after Olivier Ntcham, Kundai Benyu and Jonny Hayes.

He won Ajax Cape Town’s player and player’s player of the season award last term.

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Source: BBC

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The 27-year-old has chosen to return to Spain after joining Greek side Panathinaikos last season.

The hard-working enforcer was one of the top performers for Granada despite their failure to beat the drop.

He has been linked with several clubs in Europe including Atlanta, Genoa and Celta Vigo but he naturally picked a return to the Spanish League.

Wakaso will become the eighth addition of the Victorians, in addition to Zubeldía, the new coach of the runner-up of the Copa del Rey.

The former youth player of Ghanaian side Ashanti Gold SC arrived in Spain to join Elche but his stay at the Alicante side did not end well as he released.

Then he landed at Villarreal B and made his debut with the first team.

Subsequently, after a payment of 300,000 Euros, he joined Espanyol and, after a fee of 6 million Euros he joined Russian side Rubin Kazan.

He has also played for Celtic, Las Palmas, and Elche.

Deportivo Alaves finished 9^th on the league table last season and will be hoping to continue their stellar performances thus the need to continue bring in quality players.

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By Rahman Osman/citifmonline.com

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