The Scotsman

Wallace and Miller tipped to recover from their Rangers exile

● PFA confirms Ibrox dispute is ‘ongoing’

- By ANDY NEWPORT

PFA Scotland chief Fraser Wishart has backed Kenny Miller and Lee Wallace to bounce back from their Rangers bust-up.

Both players have been handed fines following a furious dressing-room row in the wake of April’s humiliatin­g 4-0 drubbing by Celtic at Hampden.

Skipper Wallace was fined four weeks’ wages – the maximum allowed – while Miller was given a two-week fine.

According to reports, both players have decided to contest the punishment but all union boss Wishart would say is that the process was “ongoing”.

However, he did hint at the strain both men have been living under since they were suspended pending an investigat­ion into the angry exchanges at the national stadium.

Wishart said: “There is nothing I can tell you because of the legal confidenti­alities when any of our members are involved in something like this.

“We are representi­ng and advising them behind the scenes and it is a difficult time for players when they have their private matters splashed across the papers and talked about on social media.

“Most of it is ill-informed and not accurate because nobody has been able to put their side of the story over yet.

“But the players are strong characters, strong lads and they will come through this in the end.

“The process is ongoing, so, as much as I’m sure everybody would love to know the inside story, it would be wrong of me to say anything further.”

Miller is due to depart Ibrox this summer following the expiry of his contract, while Wallace’s future under new boss Steven Gerrard has yet to be clarified.

Rangers are due to report for pre-season on 15 June before flying out to Spain for a ten-day training camp on 17 June.

 ??  ?? 2 Kenny Miller, left, and Lee Wallace were both fined by Rangers following a dressingro­om row.
2 Kenny Miller, left, and Lee Wallace were both fined by Rangers following a dressingro­om row.
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