Red Star ruckus ahead of Rangers as Belgrade big hitter slapped with lawsuit before Europa League corker

Crisis-hit Red Star Belgrade are caught up in a remarkable bust-up ahead of their Europa League match with Rangers after Serbia boss Dragan Stojkovic filed a lawsuit against the club's general manager Zvezdan Terzic.

Raging Terzic slaughtered the standard of refereeing in Serbia after Partizan Belgrade were awarded a controversial penalty in their weekend game, which they converted to stay two points ahead at the top of the league.

The Red Star chief accused Stojkovic - remarkably, an ex-Red Star player and even president - of 'directing a robbery' against his club, being behind all the refereeing decisions and in favour of Partizan Belgrade.

And a storm is brewing before they take on Rangers as Gio van Bronckhorst 's side eye the last eight.

That outraged the Serbia boss - who made over 100 appearances for Red Star before moving to Marseille in a £5.5 million move in 1990 - who responded by slapping in a lawsuit against Terzic.

He fumed: "I was sick when I read the accusations, untruths, disgusting and dirty low-budget lies about myself.

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"This is not the first time Zvezdan Terzic has said that about me. I ignored it before, I had to focus exclusively on the national team, on qualifying for the