Buaben had been refused entry into Germany when the United party flew out earlier this week because he didn’t have a required visa to go with his Ghanaian passport.

The 22-year-old was forced to fly back to Scotland and had to make a hastily-arranged trip to the Ghanaian embassy in Edinburgh today.

And, all being well, he was expected to fly out alongside chairman Stephen Thompson to join up with the squad tonight.

“Prince was in Edinburgh today getting his visa, so it is likely he’ll get here tonight,” confirmed Houstie.

“The chairman is also coming out, so I think they’ll travel together.

“We were hoping to try to get Prince into Salzburg, but he’s flying into Munich now. It will be a late one tonight, but that’s all right as long as he’s here.”

The manager added, “Last week, it had happened to another club and their African boys weren’t let in.

“It’s happening regularly when teams come to Germany. Prince obviously hadn’t been told about it before because he would have said and we’d have got it sorted for him.

“It’s actually a good thing now in a way, because we’re in the Europa League and we now know about it.”

The incident meant United were delayed in arriving at their hotel, but they got on with training as best as possible.

It followed a nightmare flight, where extreme turbulence left a number of players, Buaben included, fearing for their lives.

And midfielder Danny Swanson ended up the go-to man for morale support during the flight.

“David Goodwillie was sitting next to me and he got scared, he grabbed my hand and that felt dodgy,” explained Swanson.

“We’re a close team, but not that close — and I’m worried people on the flight will start talking about us. I told him to settle himself down, but he said, ‘I don’t want to die here’.

“It was just turbulence and a thunderstorm, although the landing was ropey because the wings were shaking about. The other lads were scared, too — Prince Buaben started screaming — but there was worse to come for him when we landed!”