Efe Ambrose will fly out to meet his Celtic team-mates on Wednesday morning after the Parkhead club discovered he was not banned for the first leg of their Champions League play-off against Maribor in Slovenia.<\/p>\n
The Super Eagles\u2019 defender was sent off in the 4-1 defeat by Legia Warsaw in Poland and sat out the second leg of the third qualifying round tie at Murrayfield.<\/p>\n
Although, the Scottish champions lost 6-1 on aggregate, the result was overturned in Celtic’s favour by UEFA after their opponents were effectively drummed out for fielding a suspended player.<\/p>\n
However, Ghana winger Mubarak Wakaso to be signed in time for the Maribor game.<\/p>\n
The Ruban Kazan player will move to Parkhead subject to a medical and the Scottish champions were hoping the loan deal would be completed ahead of the 11pm deadline on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Captain Scott Brown, James Forrest Adam Matthews will miss the match through injury.<\/p>\n
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