Nacho Novo has opened up on his horror after the IRA 'threatened to shoot him'.

The Rangers hero has told how he had to be under police guard for a week amid threats to his life.

The 40-year-old, who played with the Ibrox side between 2004 and 2010, received the warning just weeks after joinging Belfast side Glentoran in 2016.

He told the Scottish Sun: "Apparently it was the IRA. The police detained me in the house for a week because the IRA wanted to come and shoot me.

"You always have a fear. You’re always looking and thinking about what could happen.”

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The paper reports how the star had to miss training sessions while his security was reviewed.

Novo added: “I’m not scared about no one, it’s just simple. I grew up in a hard place, I always looked after myself. I’m not even bothered with that.

“If something is going to happen, it happens. That’s how you need to deal with it.”

At the time, the footballer was praised by club officials for continuing to play in the wake of the threat.

Chairman Stephen Henderson said he’d shown a “very deep sense of character” in turning out despite his “unnecessary and unacceptable ordeal”.

He left the club in May 2017.