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Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor's careers at Rangers and Scotland are finished.

The Ibrox club are today expected to impose a maximum two-week suspension and fine on both players after the manager, Walter Smith, sent them home from the club's training ground this morning.

It is also understood that the SFA has decided to ban them from international football after their now infamous drinking session at the Scotland team hotel was followed by the pair showing V-signs in the Scotland dugout during the match against Iceland.

Martin Bain, the Rangers chief executive, will hold further talks with the players later today when they will be informed of their fate.

They will be told it is they have no future at Rangers and will both be sold in the summer.

David Weir has been appointed the new club captain after Ferguson was stripped of the armband and sent home with his close friend McGregor.

Chairman Sir David Murray, Bain and Smith agreed that the pair embarrassed the club. Ferguson and McGregor were the last two standing after a group of players stayed up drinking throughout the night after flying back from Holland, which forced national manager George Burley to drop them from the starting line-up to face Iceland. Smith today confirmed Ferguson and McGregor had landed themselves in more trouble for their behaviour at the Scotland game.

He said that petulance after they had been disciplined by Burley had upset him most. Smith would not say whether they had a future or not, but sources say they will never play for Rangers again.

Smith stated: "Martin Bain, our chief executive, will deal with the disciplinary side of things this afternoon. But Barry and Allan were both sent home from training today.

"They will return later today to speak with Martin and the club will make a statement after that.

"They won't be involved at the weekend. That is not something we would have wanted to happen at this time. Unfortunately, the timing of it is outwith our control. We have to react to the circumstances.

"It's regrettable it's happened at this time. The incident the Scotland players were involved in on Sunday morning of last week was obviously regrettable.

"But we then had an incident after that involving two players from our own club. That is what we have had to act on.

"George will deal with the international aspect of it. From our own point of view, it was regrettable we had a few players in that situation.

"What we have done has had nothing to do with bad publicity. We had to act after the actions they took at the Iceland game. That caused us to move.

"From the club's point of view, it wasn't a good image for them to portray. It was embarrassing for the players themselves I thought. It was embarrassing for this club as well. That was the disappointing thing about it.

"Davie Weir will be captain of Rangers between now and the end of the season."

The SFA is expected to release a statement later today.

For more details see today's Evening Times and The Herald on Saturday.