OSASUNA should be fined £4000 for failing to prevent home fans smuggling in flares and lighting them during last week's Uefa Cup match against Rangers.

The judgment comes from Spain's anti-violence commission which has urged national football chiefs to impose the punishment on the Pamplona side.

Officials blasted Osasuna for the security breach at the Reyno de Navarra stadium.

Rangers are already at the centre of a Uefa probe after footage of fans allegedly singing sectarian songs after the powderkeg match was posted on the internet.

Fears are growing that the Ibrox club - which was fined £13,000 by the European governing body less than a year ago for discriminatory chanting during a Champions League tie against Villarreal - could be forced to play future Euro ties behind closed doors.

But Ibrox striker Kris Boyd claimed banning fans would punish the players on the pitch.

And he warned the fallout from Osasuna should finally act as a wake-up call to the minority of fans who continue to shame the club.

He said: "It's been well emphasised that all the sectarianism needs to stop," he said.

"It's for the good of the club. If they still want to see us playing, they're going to have to stop it."

Meanwhile, Rangers midfielder Thomas Buffel is ready to quit Ibrox in the summer and play in a "stronger" division than the SPL.

The Belgium internationalist, who joined Rangers for £2.3m from Feyenoord in 2005, believes the departure of former boss Paul Le Guen saw his fortunes nosedive.

He said: "I rated Le Guen very highly, but, when Walter Smith succeeded him, the train departed straight away."