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CELTIC fans have made a season-ticket surge to cover the cost of the Brendan Rodgers revolution in just one day.

The Hoops coffers were swelled after thousands snapped up briefs on the first day of the general sale that wiped out the new manager’s £2.4million annual salary in a matter of hours. The club was last night still tallying the ticket rush but it’s believed the stampede could boost fan revenue to almost £25m – with sold-out signs also hanging in front of several hospitality sections.

Parkhead sources were thrilled with the massive crowds and huge demands as they charged past the 41,000 total of last term and added thousands more on day one of the sales.

Celtic haven’t smashed the 50,000 barrier since 2009-10 having peaked at 54,000 in Martin O’Neill’s first year as boss in 2000.

The maximum up for grabs this term has been capped at 52,000 and it’s felt that isn’t out of reach.

Eyebrows were raised when the club decided to break the bank to appoint Rodgers on a £45k-per-week deal but it’s already paid for itself as fans back the boss.

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Punters flocked to the ground yesterday morning with queues reported from 6.30am – three hours before the briefs went on sale – with some diehards even camping out overnight.

The tills kept ringing all day as club officials handed out water and suntan lotion to fans standing for hours in the Glasgow heat.

The incredible scenes at Celtic came just days after a season-book blitz at rivals Rangers where 33,000 snapped up renewals with Dave King insisted the club were on course to match their highest total of 43,000 from 2006-07.

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Meanwhile, Stefan Johansen will have showdown talks with Rodgers about his Celtic future when he returns to pre-season training.

The Norwegian, who has a year left on his deal, has been in contact with his new manager and was impressed with what he had to say.

He said: “The manager gave me a positive impression. He was incredibly nice.

“I’ve spoken to the club about a new contract but we didn’t get anywhere. We’ll talk about it again with the manager when I get back from holiday.”

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