The Celtic Way’s writer Tony Haggerty believes Ryan Christie is “erratic” and believes if Celtic can get anywhere between £8-10m for him, it would represent good business. 

The Scottish Sun reported that both Burnley and Southampton are monitoring Christie, but new Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou hopes he can hold onto Christie, saying: “In terms of his future, there’s things that I can’t control, but I’d love to keep him at the club if he wants to stay.”

Christie has until December 31, 2021 to run on his current Celtic contract and with his future up in the air, Haggerty told The Transfer Tavern: “I’m not so sure that Celtic will get as much as they think for Ryan Christie. If they get anywhere near ten million, they’ll have done really, really well.

“I don’t see him as a £10m player. He’s got talent, he’s got ability, but I think too often he is erratic, his passing’s erratic, his shooting's most definitely erratic because a lot of them are high, wide and handsome.”

During his time at Celtic Park, Christie has Scottish Premiership title on three occasions and the Scottish League Cup twice.

It appears that under Postecoglou, Christie is returning to form, as he grabbed himself a goal in the pre-season friendly against West Ham United and also got the assist for Liel Abada's goal in the first leg of the club's UEFA Champions League qualifier against FC Midtjylland.

An upturn in form and the fact Postecoglou wants Christie to stay, journalist Ekrem Konur has reported that Celtic have opened talks with his representatives about extending his stay with the Hoops.