BARRY FERGUSON has revealed that Alloa will appeal Mouhamed Niang's retrospective red card.

The Wasps manager has spoken out after the on-loan Partick Thistle midfielder was hit with a notice of complaint by the Scottish FA

Niang was shown a yellow card for his challenge on Celtic new boy Yosuke Ideguchi. 

The tackle was widely criticised by fans and some pundits, with the Japanese midfielder being forced off injured.

But Niang could now be hit with a retrospective ban with the SFA compliance officer looking into the tackle from Saturday's Scottish Cup clash.

A fast track hearing will be heard tomorrow.

And Rangers legend Ferguson has confirmed that Alloa will appeal the decision should Niang be hammered by Hampden bosses for the tackle.

The Alloa manager revealed the update on Go Radio's Football Show.

Unable to divulge too much information due to the hearing being heard on Thursday, the former Scotland star admitted he's been checking on his player every day since the incident due to the nature of the social media backlash.

Ferguson told listeners that he instructed his team to be aggressive in their pressing of Celtic, but he would never tell his players to go overboard - and if they did, he would sub them off.

His quotes from Go Radio read: "One thing I will say is we will appeal the decision."

He continued:  "I'm not saying he didn't connect with Guchi. He did, but if you watch it closely, he was focused on winning the ball.

"But unfortunately the follow through connected with his ankle.

"It looked a lot worse slowed down. I feel for him, I've been in contact with him since Saturday . He's been getting stick on social media but I've got to support him.

"He's been down in the dumps. He's only just turned 22 ane he's here on loan from Partick Thistle.

"It was a great opportunity and the players went out to compete but not hurt anyone."