Celtic Invincible being treated like he has 'contagious disease' as Dinamo Zagreb stand firm - Parkhead bulletin

Ex-Celtic star Dedryck Boyata says Club Brugge bosses are treating him like someone with a "hyper-contagious disease".

The Belgian stopper was a guest this week for the Champions League clash between his former club and his current employers and even did the half time draw at Celtic Park, but has been completely frozen out at the Belgian champions - where he hasn't played a single minute since February earlier this year and has been banished to train with the kids. And the former Manchester City defender has lashed out at his treatment by the club, saying: "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."