Former Celtic player turned critical pundit Charlie Nicholas has urged Celtic to get a deal done for Ryan Christie at all costs.

Like the rest of us, Charlie has been watching Ryan excel in recent games under Ange Postecoglou’s guidance and his three assists against Dundee were all quality contributions.

The player is in the final few months of his Celtic deal after someone at the club sanctioned a contract that would see the midfielder’s deal run out mid-season.

Ryan is free to talk to other clubs at the moment about a January move and there’s been nothing to suggest Celtic and Ryan are anywhere close to an agreement for him to stay on.

The Scottish international has ambitions to play in the English Premier League and he could be looking to make that move sooner rather than later.

For Nicholas, and many other fans, he thinks Celtic should be making sure they tie Christie down in the coming weeks.

The pundit even claiming Celtic should sell Leigh Griffiths or Ismaila Soro to fund the contract.

As quoted by Sun, “Celtic must raise the funds to keep Ryan Christie – even if it means selling other players to do so. Hat-trick hero Kyogo Furuhashi got all the headlines after last weekend’s 6-0 win over Dundee but Christie was the main man with his passing and pace.

“Christie is in the final year of his contract but rather than trying to cash in on him now for, say, £5million, Celtic should push the boat out to get him tied down to a new deal because it would cost a lot more to replace him.

“There is talk that the club will make him a new offer but why didn’t they do that weeks ago? If it comes down to it, they should sell Leigh Griffiths or Ismaila Soro to fund his wages.”

Ryan was a fall guy for Celtic last season but he was playing in a system under a manager who did very little to inspire or educate. He was told he could shoot on sight and it became a source of great frustration for the fans.

This season, he’s already playing with more of a purpose. Sceptics will say Ryan’s playing for his move away – maybe he is – only time will tell.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Do you think Nicholas has practiced being a Prick,or is it just natural
    Celtic don’t need to sell to keep a player last season Christie was not the least interested
    In playing for us now all of a sudden he’s
    Doing well is it because he’s happy or playing for a transfer, but please don’t give Air space
    to Nicholas,Proven,Walker or Keevins

  2. Agree with Charlie on the pundits , however i do hope Christie signs a new contract, at is best playing in is correct position, he is very good and to replace him would cost a tidy sum, under Ange he seems to have found a new lease of life long may it continue.

  3. “Former moronic player turned moronic pundit says yet another load of rubbish that is best ignored.”

    There. Fixed that for you.

    I think Charlie’s pea-sized brain must’ve been located in his earlobe and when he got it pierced it destroyed whatever miniscule amount of functioning intelligence he ever had. Fud.

  5. Well can’t argue with the answers here. I think last year Ryan was played out of position and wasn’t getting help from coaching staff. I don’t think he’s playing better just to get a transfer away. As he seems to be ok in having talks with Celtic can only be encouraging. Worst case secanario is he signs for 2 or 3 years and we sell him after a year or 2 at least we’d get some decent money for him. That’s what The Holly Gollie did, signed an extension then moved but wanted to make sure Celtic got money for him. Loved him for that.

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