“I still notice it looking in the mirror but people say to me now that they don’t, which is music to my ears because of the damage.

“Credit to him, and I’ll forever be grateful to him for the job he has done.”

Christie’s four-hour operation required him to have five steel plates in his skull.

He even revealed he still has trouble with vision following the successful surgery.

Nevertheless, Christie will be eyeing a place in the Celtic starting XI next season.

Ryan Christie competition heats up

The Inverness Bhoy and Tom Rogic are arguably out in front for the attacking midfielder role.

There are other close behind them such as Ewan Henderson, and Callum McGregor can play there too.

It’s arguably the most important position at the club as every attack goes through them.

It will be interesting at the end of the season to see who won the consistency battle.

Christie is back on the pitch now thankfully after putting in a good first half against Pinkafeld. Plus there are no more injury concerns.

He said: “I’m back fully fit and the heat out here in Austria will definitely do us good.”