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Graeme Thomson & Brett Gibbons

Rangers footballer Graham Dorrans 'struck by bottle' in Ibiza holiday fracas

Rangers and Scotland midfielder Graham Dorrans was allegedly bottled in an attack as the Ibrox star enjoyed an end-of-season Ibiza break along with his wife and pals.

Footage posted on social media appears to show the moments after the shocking incident, which caused uproar amongst Rangers' fans.

The former West Bromwich Albion, Norwich and Livingston player flew to the Spanish holiday island with wife Yvonne along with fellow Ibrox and Scotland ace Ryan Jack and his wife on Sunday.

The video appears to show an injured Graham Dorrans in Ibiza with the person's shorts matching those the Ibrox ace had been wearing earlier in a poolside picture (Image: UGC) (Image UGC)

Unconfirmed reports from the island claimed the incident happened outside a bar called The Highlander and a melee occurred after the football had been knocked to the floor.

The players and stunning wives were pictured on Twitter soaking up the sun on Thursday.

Former Aberdeen midfielder Ryan's wife Ashleigh shared a snap on social media and captioned it: "Jack/Dorrans take Ibiza".

Lifelong Gers fan Dorrans, 32, and his wife were in the poolside picture and the photo was liked by Rangers' fans, the Daily Record reports.

However, just hours later outraged Rangers supporters took to Twitter and fans' forums to condemn what looked like a cowardly bottle attack on one of their players.

Video widely shared on social media in the early hours of Friday morning appeared to show that the Ibrox star had been set upon by a thug while enjoying his sunshine break.

Outraged supporters lined up to express their outrage at the incident.

@_IbroxLoyal said: "Graham Dorrans viciously assaulted while holidaying in Ibiza. Taken to hospital. Absolutely sickening, hope the scum that did this are caught. A genuinely nice guy."

@Mackenzie303 claimed the player had been punched rather than hit with a bottle. He said: "He wasn’t bottled. He got hooked and went down and hit his head off the deck.

Dorrans started his career at Livingston before getting a big move to West Bromwich Albion in 2008. The Scotland international later joined Norwich City.

He then joined his boyhood heroes in July 2017 for a fee of around £1.3m. However, injury disrupted his 2018/19 season and he last played for Rangers in September.

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