Celtic no pushovers, says O'Dea

O'Dea said the Celtic players were proud of their achievement

Celtic defender Darren O'Dea says none of the clubs left in the Champions League will relish facing the Scottish side in the last 16 of the tournament.

Gordon Strachan's side could face Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Barcelona or Porto in next Friday's draw.

"They are all big teams and whoever we play will be massive," said O'Dea.

"But we've got a good home record and I don't think any team will fancy coming to Parkhead."

Celtic qualified for the knockout stages of the competition in second place in Group D behind AC Milan.

Strachan's side will play the first leg at home and O'Dea said Celtic would be fired up for the occasion.

I don't think any team will fancy coming to Parkhead Darren O'Dea

"We've got a good record at home, so any team we do get we'd be confident enough of doing the job.

"I don't think any team will fancy coming to Parkhead. Obviously, our away form hasn't been as good as we'd like."

Central defender O'Dea, who has been used at left-back by Gordon Strachan, said he was happy to play anywhere in the side.

"It was a great honour to play in the last 16 last year, but we lost and it wasn't the end result we were looking for.

"Hopefully, this season we can go one better."

Celtic captain Stephen McManus says he would love to face Real Madrid.

"I think everybody would say Madrid because we've never been there before," he told the Celtic View.

"We've played a lot of the best teams in Europe apart from Madrid.

"It would be brilliant to go to the Bernabeu and take them on at Celtic Park, but we'll see what happens.

"They are a team I admire, but there are so many top teams we could face."

Clubs from the same country or pool and group winners will not play each other.

The first knockout round ties will take place on 19 and 20 February, with the return legs on 4 and 5 March.