Ross County’s Ross Draper comments on Celtic’s Ryan Christie

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Neil Lennon’s Celtic will face Ross County this weekend.

Ross County central midfielder Ross Draper has told The Scottish Sun that he is pleased that he will not have to face his former Inverness Caledonian Thistle teammate Ryan Christie for Celtic this weekend.

Celtic will take on County at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday afternoon.

Christie, who has established himself as an important player in Neil Lennon’s team, will not feature in the game.

The 24-year-old Scotland international midfielder – who joined the Hoops back in the summer of 2015 when Ronny Deila was in charge of the Glasgow giants – is suspended for the match after being sent off against Livingston before the two-week international break.

The 30-year-old told The Scottish Sun about Christie: “I’m not going to lie, I was quite happy! He seems to have come on leaps and bounds. He looks fitter, physically stronger.

“He is a player I obviously know well, but he has improved so much since I played with him. A couple of loan spells have done him good.”

Big miss for Celtic

Christie has been superb for Celtic since his return from his loan spells at Aberdeen in 2018, and the midfielder will be a miss for the Hoops against County.

According to WhoScored, the midfielder has scored six goals in eight Scottish Premiership matches and one goal in two Europa League games for Celtic so far this season.