Inverness Caley Due Cash Bonus from Celtic. “I’ve always wanted to try my hand down in England,” Ryan Christie

“I’m absolutely buzzing, I’m absolutely desperate to get started now. I’m really excited for the challenge ahead, a new challenge for me, one I’ve always wanted to be part of,” former Celt Ryan Christie told the Bournemouth FC website.

“Throughout my whole career I’ve always wanted to try my hand down in England and I’m really excited to join a team who’s going for promotion, going out to win games and achieve success. I’m used to that at Celtic so hopefully I can help bring that to Bournemouth,” Christie added.

“The attraction was a bit of everything. It sounds a bit crazy but I’ve actually had an affection for Bournemouth for years now. Believe it or not Bournemouth put a bid in for me back in my Inverness days as a really young player. You could say I’ve looked out for the club for a good few years now.

“As soon as I heard the club were an option, I managed to speak to Scott Parker and with the way he spoke, he’s a big encouragement in terms of the brand of football and the way his teams play.

“From watching what he did with Fulham and then seeing him come to Bournemouth I think I’m taking a big step in the right direction.

“The whole feeling of it was right and even though I did have a couple of other options this was the one that I was just desperate to get over the line,” Christie stated.

Christie is currently away with the Scotland squad who face Denmark in the World Cup qualifier this evening. He took a few moments to record this video on his phone to send to his new club.

Incidentally Inverness Caley Thistle have a 10% sell-on clause in the £500,000 deal that took Christie to Celtic. That means that the Highlanders can expect to receive around £200,000 as their share of yesterday’s £2.5m transfer of the midfielder from Celtic to Bournemouth.