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Mark Walker & Graeme Young

Nikola Katic flattened by headbutt as former Rangers star victim of Granit Xhaka's raging brother

Former Rangers star Nikola Katic was decked by a Zinedine Zidane-style headbutt by bonkers Basel skipper Taulant Xhaka – brother of Arsenal tough nut Granit.

The stopper spent four years at Ibrox and the highlight was when he scored the winning goal in the Old Firm game in 2019 in what was Rangers' first success at Parkhead for nine years. He moved to FC Zurich in the Swiss League last year and was at the centre of a truly bizarre incident when Xhaka attacked him after he had been sent off in the closing moments of a 2-0 defeat.

Despite Katic standing with his hands in the air, Xhaka still decided to headbutt him in the chest in a copy of legendary France icon Zidane's infamous attack on Marco Materazzi at the 2006 World Cup Final. And Xhaka apologised after accepting he's set to be hammered by a lengthy ban, although he claimed he was subjected to verbal abuse about his family.

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