Celtic face an anxious wait to see if incoming new signing Alexandro Bernabei will be handed a two-match ban before he's even kicked a ball for the Hoops.
Ange Postecoglou's side look certain to snap up the left back from Lanus in a £3.75million deal after he said farewell to his teammates this week. His last game for his club in Argentina in their Primera Division saw him receive a straight red card for a headbutt aimed at Colon defender Augusto Schott, after a bust-up.
And now Celtic must sweat to see if the Argentinian Football Association includes his future suspension, which is likely to be a two-game ban for violent conduct, when the SFA request the International Transfer Certificate once the move is confirmed.
Usually, it is the decision of individual national associations about whether they include a player's future suspension in the ITC when a player is transferred.
But if they do, the SFA rulebook makes it clear the suspension would have to be served in Scotland.
The suspension section of their rulebook states: "In the event that a National Association indicates that a player is subject to a suspension, or part thereof, which remains outstanding at the time when his FIFA International Transfer Certificate is issued to the Scottish FA, then such suspension shall apply 14 days after the Certificate is received and his registration put into effect."
That means he could miss Celtic's first two league games at home to Aberdeen and away to Ross County and he would have to wait until Kilmarnock away for his debut.
