You wonder what was going through the minds of Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard when the Champions League groups were being compiled in Istanbul on Thursday.
Gerrard and Rodgers left Ibrox and Celtic Park in mid-season, both giving the impression they couldn’t get out of the country quickly enough.
Now, at their new clubs, they’re further from the Champions League than Alfredo Morelos is from being named Player of the Year.
Former Celtic gaffer Rodgers, the last man to take one of the Old Firm into that stage of the competition in 2017, spent Tuesday night trying to get Leicester City past the might of Stockport County in the EFL Cup.
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