Hartson says Spurs want to sell CarterVickers

CELTIC have been told that Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to sell Cameron Carter-Vickers this summer and urged to prioritise landing the centre-half on a permanent deal.

Carter-Vickers has been outstanding for Ange Postecoglou’s side since agreeing to move to Parkhead on a seasonlong loan in August.

The 24-year-old has helped the Glasgow club to lift the Premier Sports Cup and move to the brink of winning

the cinch Premiership. Postecoglou last week admitted that talks have been held with representatives of the defender and Jota, who is on loan from Benfica, about them joining Celtic permanently.

The Greek-Australian, whose men can clinch the title if they avoid defeat to Dundee United at Tannadice tomorrow, stated that no agreement had been reached. However, former Celtic striker John Hartson has revealed that Spurs are agreeable to selling Carter-Vickers if a bid meets

their asking price. The centre-half has been sent out on loan seven times since signing for the Premier League club in 2016 and Hartson believes the Englishborn player has been the standout performer for his old club.

“I know Spurs want to sell,” said Hartson. “I know for a fact, because I speak to people at Spurs, and they want to sell Carter-Vickers. He’s been on loan several times, and they feel that he’s not going back to Spurs, so they want to do a deal with somebody for Carter-Vickers.

“You can talk about the forwards, Jota, [Liel] Abada and Kyogo [Furuhashi], whose numbers have been frightening. Joe Hart, who has been brilliant. But you’ve got to look at Carter-Vickers, he’s been the dominant one. Carl Starfelt has come on to a game, but he’s shown weaknesses and defensive frailties at times. It’s CarterVickers who has been that man-mountain alongside him and took a lot of pressure off him. He would be as important a signing as what Jota would be, I really do think that.”