Ryan Christie is on his way to Sunderland.
According to a report in The Sun the 23-year-old is in line to join the League One side on loan with a deal in place to convert it into a permanent move in January.
Celtic paid Inverness Caley Thistle £500,000 for Christie in 2015 but he has struggled to make the breakthrough and has spent the last 18 months on loan at Aberdeen.
New Sunderland boss Jack Ross has already taken Dylan McGeouch to The Stadium of Light and has got off to a strong start with seven points from nine matches.
Sunderland are favourites to win promotion back to the Championship and underwent a change of ownership in the summer that involved the departure of chief executive Martin Bain after back-to-back relegations.
Christie picked up three Scotland caps last season and will be hoping to hold down a place in Alex McLeish’s squad with the prospect of regular first team football at Sunderland.
