Inverness Caley Thistle have paid respect to Ryan Christie after his starring role in Scotland’s 4-0.
The Celtic midfielder had a hand in two goals and was head-butted by Mergim Mavraj which resulted in the Albanian skipper being sent off.
Christie came through the ranks at Caley Thistle and helped them to lift the Scottish Cup in 2015 before earning his move to Celtic.
His move to Glasgow had been a slow burner but over the last month it seems that his early potential is now coming to fruition.
Previewing their SFA Youth Cup tie with Hamilton the Caley Thistle website reports:
They were inspired by watching three former graduates of our youth system involved in Scotland’s Saturday night 4-0 win in Albania, with Ryan Christie and Stuart Armstrong starring in midfield and Graeme Shinnie on the bench.
Ryan, in particular, attracted rave notices for his energetic and skilful showing, building on his recent outstanding form for Celtic. He assisted in two of the goals and was constantly in the thick of the action, influencing the game.
Ryan, who is 23 and was sold to Celtic for a club record fee, will be featuring at Hampden on Tuesday night in the decisive Nations Cup match against Israel – at the same time that our Class of 2018 face up to Hamilton.
Our young players could not ask for a better incentive to make the grade. Ryan, Stuart and Graeme have all shown that through hard work, application and dedication, skill will be rewarded with success.
Caley Thistle face Hamilton on Tuesday night with the winners hosting Celtic in the next round of the SFA Youth Cup.
Also in action tomorrow will be six members of the Celtic reserve side with Scotland’s u-19 team requiring a draw against Sweden to automatically qualify for the next phase of the European Championships.
