FORGOTTEN Celtic flop Derk Boerrigter has blamed the Parkhead medical staff for ending his career by failing to diagnose his broken ankle after finally breaking his silence on his Hoops nightmare.

The former Ajax winger cost Celtic a staggering £3 million in July 2013, before he was quietly released from his four-year contract in 2016.

His spell in Glasgow was an expensive error after making just eight starts, which worked out at an incredible £587,500 per start for his transfer fee and hefty £12,000-per-week wages.

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However, Boerrigter – who never kicked a ball again after his exit from Celtic – has put the blame for his calamitous spell in Scotland squarely at the door of the club.

Boerrigter said: “Ajax loaned Isaac Cuenca from Barcelona and put me out of their team. He cost Ajax about £100,000 per game so had to play.

“I was furious and decided I would join another club. My career at Celtic didn’t work out because of silly injuries.

“Those injury problems actually started at Ajax, but at Celtic things went badly wrong. 

“Celtic then stuffed me full of painkillers, so I could keep playing.

“Then it turned out that it was ultimately a bone fracture in my ankle. 
I really blame Celtic’s medical staff for that. It was a real shame what happened.”

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An injury on Boerrigter’s Hoops debut set the tone for his stay. He made just five starts in the league, one in the League Cup and two in Europe.

Celtic invested £4.7 million on the wide man, for which they got one goal in return – against Aberdeen in 2013.

Of his eight starts, Boerrigter played for a total of 512 minutes in the league for Celtic.

That meant it cost Celtic £9,180 for every minute he played in the Premiership.