Brendan Rodgers has been told the Europa League can actually give Celtic 'something to fight for' on the European front. And that with the Champions League money divide being what it is, it means Rodgers men are hamstrung before even kicking a ball against some of Europe's biggest and baddest.
It's do-or-die in Rome for the Hoops who must beat Lazio to keep a sliver of hope of European football after Christmas alive, with a solitary point in the group coming in a battling draw with Atletico Madrid at Parkhead.
Even then former captain and club icon Scott Brown knows the Hoops having the lowest squad value by the hundreds of millions to their closest group rivals in Feyenoord.
And it's for that reason Broony believes the Europa League dropdown wouldn't be so bad for Rodgers' side as it would give them a level playing field to fight for.