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Police in Scotland will meet officials from the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and the Scottish FA as investigations continue into the brawl that followed Sunday's playoff final second leg between Motherwell and Rangers. Three players were shown red cards after the match, which saw Rangers lose 3-0 and 6-1 on aggregate, failing to gain promotion to the top flight as Motherwell retained their Premiership status at Fir Park. The incident was sparked when Rangers defender Bilel Mohsni was pushed by Motherwell striker Lee Erwin, who claimed he had refused his offer of a handshake. Mohsni then kicked and punched him before becoming involved in a confrontation with unused Motherwell substitute Fraser Kerr. Erwin later described Mohsni as "an embarrassment." Motherwell fans who came onto the pitch as the fight was unfolding were ushered away from Rangers areas of Fir Park by police and stewards. With the match delegate due to deliver a report to SPFL on Monday, Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said officers would "conduct a full review of the circumstances and decide how best to take the matter forward over the coming days." Rangers manager Stuart McCall said he had not seen the incident but stressed that such behaviour was "unacceptable". McCall told reporters that 27-year-old Mohsni, out of contract in the summer, would not be at Ibrox next season. The Tunisia international's agent -- who is based in Paris and asked to remain anonymous -- told Press Association Sport that his client's career in Britain "is over." He said: "He won't be staying at Rangers after that, but I can't tell you where he is going to end up because I don't know. But he will leave the country -- that's for sure now. "Do I worry that this will put other clubs off taking a chance on him? Clubs in the UK, yes. Abroad is a bit different, but his reputation in the UK has been altered now. "His career in Britain is over, but that is the way it is." McCall's Motherwell counterpart Ian Baraclough told BBC Scotland: "There's been an outpouring of emotions, shall we say, and it's gone too far. "Scottish football doesn't need it. There were two teams battling it out over 180 minutes, they gave it absolutely everything. For one or two individuals to ruin it, tarnish it, is a shame."
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