Ibrox stadium

Rangers will not use Ibrox as security against any further loans from Sports Direct, Sky sources understand.

The sportswear retailer has reportedly offered a further £10m to the troubled Scottish Championship club, but it would have been mortgaged against the club's stadium and Murray Park training ground.

Rangers' board said putting Ibrox up as security was a decision that would 'not be taken lightly' but admitted it was a move that might be necessary to secure the funding needed to solve the club's continuing financial crisis.

The news, which broke last week, caused consternation among Rangers fans, and more than £500,000 was donated by the Rangers Fans Fighting Fund to prevent Ibrox being used.

The decision was also blamed for trouble before, during and after the abandoned match between Rangers and Hearts last Friday.

Supporters were involved in violent confrontations with rival fans from Edinburgh, as well as stewards and police in the ground.

The ugliest scenes came late on Friday night when a number of supporters broke into stadium offices, forcing police to move in again.