Celtic closing on Carter-Vickers deal which could top £10m

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Celtic are apparently closing in on a permanent deal to buy on-loan defender Cameron Carter-Vickers in the summer.

Carter-Vickers is on loan from Tottenham and scored the winner in the huge title clash with Rangers on Sunday afternoon.

The Daily Record say that the deal could top £10 million, even though they have a £6 million option in the deal.

There is Premier League interest in the defender, in the shape of Burnley, Wolves and Leicester City.

The former are firmly in a relegation fight, while there are no guarantees Wolves or Brendan Rodgers’ men will be in Europe at all next season.

On the other hand, Celtic look almost sure to be in the Champions League next term and that is apparently playing a big part in Carter-Vickers’ thinking.

His camp apparently feel that he could go to the next level at European football’s top table if Celtic are the ones who buy him.

As you can see, Carter-Vickers earned himself high praise from Chris Sutton after Sunday’s victory, which continued his outstanding season.

It seems like Celtic are in the box seat to make that loan deal permanent and that would be a huge boost going into a crucial transfer window.

Carter-Vickers may well get the chance to test himself against some of Europe’s top strikers next term if the negotiations continue as they are.