Celtic facing disaster over Christie’s future says Mcdonald
Former Celtic striker Scott Mcdonald believes the club are set for a transfer "disaster" over Ryan Christie's future.
Christie has so far resisted attempts to extend his contract and reports at the weekend claimed his current deal expires in January rather than the end of next season as generally thought.
That situation would allow Christie to start talking to other clubs in the summer about a potential free transfer midway through next term.
The Scotland international made a major contribution to Celtic's quadruple treble years and the club were keen to keep him amid interest last summer.
Now after a barren season, Mcdonald feels Celtic are set to lose Christie without major reward.
"If you're allowed a contract to run out mid-season then that's fantastic for the player because there's a deal to be done, whether it's with the (current) club or another club," the Australian told the Celtic Huddle podcast.
"That's very, very odd, it doesn't happen very often.
"I don't know about Ryan at the moment, his form has not been as good this season but you could say that about the whole Celtic side. Is it a blip? It's a big Euros for him. He has performed very well for Scotland. I think there will be a few players in that Scotland team looking for a big move on the back of the Euros and I think Christie will be one of them.
"But it's a disaster for Celtic because the amount they were portraying they could get for him, £10 million, let's face it, it will be more like £1m. And it's not been worth the gamble because they have not won anything."