I played for Rangers in Champions League and Ibrox diehard from Glasgow underworld put my house burglar in hospital

Former Rangers goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen has told how a “Glasgow underworld” big shot and Ibrox diehard helped recover his belongings after a break-in at his home during his team in Scotland.

And the Dane revealed how he was once let off with a speeding fine by a Rangers-daft policeman - in exchange for gold-dust Old firm tickets! Christiansen moved to Ibrox for a reported fee of around £2milllion in 2000 but made just a handful of appearances with Stefan Klos the No. 1 for Dick Advocaat’s Light Blues at that time.

Christiansen, capped 11 times for Denmark, had loan spells at Vejle and Wolfsburg before moving to Viborg in a permanent move. He later joined Danish giants Copenhagen where he spent five years and played in the Champions League. And speaking on Danish podcast Hojt Spil in his homeland, the 45-year-old shared tale of terror one night. He said: "We need to go back to my time in Glasgow. I'm lying asleep on a Friday night, then I hear my dog barking faintly, as if he's outside, so I go where the door is open to the garden, and there's my dog lying out in the garden.

“I turn on the light, and the kitchen is just a mess. There's been a break-in, and I haven't heard a thing. I go out and grab my dog, who's completely bruised, and there's fur everywhere. So they threw the dog out, went into my house, and took all the keys to the house, keys to all my cars. The police then tell me that my other cars need to be moved because they'll definitely come back for them.

“It then gets in the newspaper that a Glasgow Rangers player has been burgled and all this. So two days later in the evening, I'm watching football, and I see the car we've seen on video, and it stops outside. I hide behind my car, where I'll jump out.