After Nacho Novo’s antics at Aberdeen last week, Rangers manager Walter Smith insists there is no problem with discipline at Ibrox.
The striker found himself at the centre of a police investigation over an incident following last Saturday’s loss at Pittodrie and could also be charged by the SFA with improper conduct.
The Spaniard was photographed making a gesture as he walked off the Pittodrie pitch on Saturday. The 30-year-old was also pictured with his shorts lowered beneath his buttocks but it is the alleged finger gesture that is more likely to land him in trouble with the SFA. But Smith, speaking ahead of today’s trip to Falkirk, sees no reason to be overly concerned by the incident.
“Nacho knows that one aspect of his reaction was wrong,” he said.
“They all know that and they have always shown a great deal of care.
“A lot of time they do take a fair level of abuse and sometimes if the team is not doing well, even though you’re a substitute, you still feel that.
“I don’t think there is any great problem with our discipline overall.”
Smith also claimed there were no lingering issues with Madjid Bougherra and that there was no reason why he could not force his way back into the team.
The defender found himself dropped to the bench for the Champions League defeat to Stuttgart after returning late from international duty with Algeria for a third time this season, and was named as a substitute again at Aberdeen.
But Smith said: “He will come back and play for us. I don’t think there is any problem. At different times we have one or two problems with players that we have to handle but I’ve never said he wouldn’t come back and play for us - he will come back and play for us.
“He’s been doing well for us when he has been called upon to play.
“The World Cup situation has probably been something he has paid a bit more attention to than he should have, forgetting his club situation. I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t come back in and play for us.”