Ryan Christie has opened up the deciding factors behind his move from Celtic to Bournemouth as the former Hoops star made his English Premier League bow from the bench in the weekend win over Aston Villa.
Scott Parker's newly promoted side made the perfect start to life on their return to England's top division with a 2-0 win over former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard and his troops thanks to strikes from Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore. Life in the top flight doesn't get any easier with a trip to champions Manchester City next up before games with Arsenal and Liverpool in an extremely difficult return to the top division.
Christie turned down the chance of a new deal at Celtic to test himself in England having spent his whole career to that point in Scotland. He also turned out for Aberdeen and Inverness Caley Thistle. After talks with Parker, he knew a move to the Cherries was what he wanted. Burnley and another club were keen on taking him directly to the EPL last term, but the attacker opted for the Championship.
