Celtic and Rangers head into Sunday’s Old Firm clash still licking their wounds from humiliating Champions League exits that have left fans of both Scottish giants venting their anger.

Neither of the Glasgow clubs reached the league phase of European club football’s elite competition for the first time since 2021.

Celtic were unable to score a goal across two legs — and 210 minutes of play — before losing to unheralded Kazakh champions Kairat Almaty on penalties on Tuesday.

A day later and it was Rangers’ turn to suffer play-off embarrassment. A 6-0 hammering by Club Brugge equalled the club’s worst ever European defeat and condemned Russell Martin’s men to a mammoth 9-1 aggregate loss.

Martin, appointed in June, is now fighting for his job on the weekend with the groundswell of Ranger

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