RYAN A NO-GO, DONS

BRENDAN RODGERS has told Derek McInnes to forget landing Ryan Christie on a permanent deal for Aberdeen next season.

The Dons boss claimed this week he’d love to pick up the playmaker when his loan deal expires in May after a stellar season.

But the Hoops manager insists their plan for the 23-year-old remains in play and that he’ll be back in their squad in the summer fighting for a place.

However he admitted Scott Allan should be using the platform of his loan spell at Hibs to find himself a deal.

Rodgers said: “I can’t blame Derek for wanting to have a player of that quality, of course, but it’s not a discussion really. He’ll come back in the summer. The plan was always for Ryan to come back.

“We had a call back in January but I always felt a year playing out, working on his game and his physical strength, on preparing week in week out for games would benefit him and benefit Celtic.

“And I believe he has made the most of that.” given no indication to what might happen at the end of the season.

“Is it strange that I could win the Scottish Cup and not get the job? No, because that’s the way it is.

“The measure of what we’re trying to do here will be where we end up.

“And that’s not just the progress of the squad, it’s the whole football club.

“Are we getting closer to where we want to be? Are we moving the brand further on?

“I think we are but we’re not there yet. For the all the positive feeling around the place at the moment, which is great, we still want to get better.

“This is still not where we want to be. We have a big game on Sunday, the Old Firm game, the league split and hopefully the semifinals and final of the Scottish Cup to be contested.

“We want to accelerate and move forward from here.”