I'm a Celtic Invincible Treble-winner but my current club now treats me like I have a hyper-contagious disease

Celtic's invincible season bore many heroes in the green and white shirt as the club ventured on an invincible treble-winning trophy hunt - and one of those is Dedryck Boyata. But life couldn't be more different for the former Hoops star now - with the Belgian stating that current club Club Brugge have made him feel like he has a 'hyper-contagious disease'.

Boyata joined Celtic from Manchester City after 34 appearances for the English outfit, and spending four years in Glasgow which saw him register 15 goals in 135 games, he walked away with eight major honours - including four Scottish Premiership trophies - before joining Hertha Berlin.

However, having turned 34 on Thursday, Boyata has only made 12 first-team appearances in the past season-and-a-half at Club Brugge, with none in the current campaign - and a brutal interview from the centre-back shed light on his current situation, where he stated that he is isolated from the first-team by having to train at HOME - where he can't eat at the club as he is only allowed to come in in the afternoons.

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Boyata said: "Sometimes I train alone, sometimes with the reserves and regularly I get a program that I have to do at home - away from the training centre. I mainly struggle with the fact that I am isolated from everything and everyone.

"They wanted me to change in a small room where the cleaning crew keeps their stuff. I refused. I pick up my clothes there and just do it in the dressing room. And because I'm only allowed to train in the afternoon, I can't eat at the club anymore. That way they want to make sure that I have no contact with my teammates in any way. It's like I have a hyper-contagious disease.

"What bothers me most about this approach is that coaches have to stay longer in the afternoon to train with me. The same goes for the cleaners. But the way I'm treated is disrespectful to me. They say they respect me, but that doesn't show in the way they treat me.

"Mentally they try to undermine you. Yet I continue to do everything they ask of me. My situation is even worse now than before. I don't have any chance to show myself anymore. Not with the A-team, not with the reserves and even participating in friendly matches is forbidden. This way I can't find a new club.

"I'm not 25 anymore and I won't be the best player in the world anymore, but with match practice in my legs I can still mean a lot to clubs. Hopefully, that chance will come soon."

However, the saga did not end there. Club Brugge then made a response to Boyata's comments, stating that the defender turned down a suitable offer that meant he could have trained at the club for a hefty chunk of his original wage.

It read: "We have been very clear regarding Dedryck's situation in the summer - we want to find a solution together and with a view to finding a new club, we have let him train with the A-team all summer and even play friendly matches. When no club came along, we made him an offer of two-thirds of his annual salary to be a free agent.

"Dedryck refused that and has since then combined individual training in all professional conditions and training with the reserves five days a week."