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Bournemouth's Ryan Christie is living his dream of playing in the Premier League after leaving Celtic to help win Championship promotion and experience life in England's top flight

This is it for Ryan Christie: he is on the brink of the most important and exciting chapter in his football career.

Tomorrow, newly-promoted Bournemouth resume life in the English Premier League with an opening-day fixture at home to Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa and, for the 27-year-old Scotland international, this is the moment when dreams are realised.

'This is why I came to Bournemouth in the first place — my ambition was to play in the Premier League,' said Christie.

'I was desperate to reach this level, to show that, hopefully, I have the skills to be able to play on such a stage.