Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
CELTS MUST PAY 10M TO GET CARTER
CELTIC have been told it’ll cost around £10million if they want to activate an option to sign Cameron Carter-vickers on a permanent deal.
It was revealed before the US international joined in a deadline day loan deal that Tottenham’s asking price was just shy of £6million.
Now it’s understood the fee will rise to double figures with two seperate add-ons.
Tottenham have slapped the figure on the on-loan stopper who signed a one-year extension on his Spurs contract before heading to Parkhead on loan in the final minutes of August.
Carter-vickers has been an ever present in Ange Postecoglou’s backline since that dramatic late switch - making 17 appearances including five in the Europa League.
The 23-year-old has won over Hoops supporters with his powerful displays in the heart of defence and admitted last week that he’d be “open” to making the switch permanent at the end of the season in line with the option Celtic have on his loan deal.
Carter-vickers, who has eight US caps, has spent time on loan at Bournemouth, Luton, Stoke, Swansea, Ipswich and Sheffield United during his six years at Spurs.
And last week he admitted he was enjoying his spell in Glasgow and would consider a longer stay.
He said: “It’s something that I’m open to but I haven’t given it much thought at this stage, to be fair.
“I still have plenty of games left in this season and that is my focus.
“I have really enjoyed it. The staff and the players have been really good with me and that’s helped me.
“It’s still early days but for me personally – and as a team – we’ve got to keep going and keep the consistency.
“For me at the moment, I’m here at Celtic, I’m a Celtic player, so my focus is more on impressing the manager here and trying to get results for Celtic. Anything further than that I haven’t really given much thought to.”
I’m here, I am a Celtic player and all I am focused on is impressing the manager ..