Kris Boyd has branded Celtic as the "laughing stock" of the Champions League as he hailed Rangers and Aberdeen for bringing some pride to Scottish football in Europe.
The former Rangers striker has branded Brendan Rodgers' side's experience in Europe this season as a "disaster" as he launched a scathing review of Celtic performances in the group stage to date.
Boyd reckons Rodgers' side have fulfilled the manager's want to make an impact in Europe - however, the pundit stated it's in the complete opposite direction than the Celtic boss would have envisioned.
In his Scottish Sun column, Boyd wrote: "Celtic like to class themselves as a Champions League club.
"Off the pitch, they have the stadium, fanbase and disco lights to operate at that level.
"The big problem is when the games start they continue to be a laughing stock of the competition."
He added: "When Rodgers returned in the summer, his exact words were 'we want to see if we can make an impact in Europe'.
"Well, his team have made an impact — a negative one. It’s been a disaster of a campaign.
"Simply winning a game in the tournament for the first time in six years would be seen as progress now."
While Boyd aimed huge criticism at Celtic in Europe so far this season, he did reserve praise for former club Rangers as well as Aberdeen.
Philippe Clement's side sit second in Group C in the Europa League while Aberdeen have been eliminated despite an impressive 2-2 draw with PAOK in midweek.
Boyd commented: "At least the other two Scottish European teams gave us a bit of pride — and coefficient points.
"Rangers fully deserved their win against Sparta Prague. Aberdeen are out of the Conference League but played well in Greece against PAOK and deserve massive credit."
