Steven Gerrard has confirmed that five of his players were issued with Fixed Penalties for attending an illegal gathering on Saturday night going into Sunday morning.
As expected Nathan Paterson and Calvin Bassey were involved along with two other u-21 players and on loan South African star Bongani Zungu.
Between them the five players have started a total of four SPFL matches this season. It seems strange that the 28-year-old Zungu was in much younger company when there are a large number of the first team squad around his own age.
The Sun reports:
Addressing the issue, Steven Gerrard told Rangers TV: “Well first and foremost we have to acknowledge that five of our players have been involved in a breach of the regulations which, from the top to the bottom of the club, we are all really disappointed in.
“That will be dealt with internally. The players will be fined and we are involved with the SFA and the government to find the solution in terms of those boys. They’ve been removed from the club and the squad for a short time now while they isolate.
“I’ll sit down with all those boys face-to-face once the situation allows us to do so. We’ll certainly move forward from it. I think we’re at a real critical stage in terms of the games coming up and where we are as a club. It won’t affect us as a group. I’ve been absolutely delighted with the group in terms of their application.
So far the SFA and SPFL haven’t made any comment, there has been no mention of Track and Trace experts being called in to discover if they were in contact with anyone else after their illegal gathering was broke up.