Manager keeps door open on re-signing ‘fantastic’ Spurs 22-year-old, rules out another loan switch

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Tottenham Hotspur defender Cameron Carter-Vickers has made quite a name for himself 34 miles from North London this year.

The 22-year-old Spurs academy graduate spent the second half of last season on loan at Luton, who were at the bottom of the Championship at the time.

Carter-Vickers’ displays helped not only shore up a previously rickety Hatters defence but also proved crucial in the club pulling off a great escape and surviving in the second tier.

Luton were 10 points from safety in February but managed to see off Blackburn 3-2 on the final day to finish three points clear of the drop zone, with Carter-Vickers once again impressing.

Manager Nathan Jones has now claimed that, while he isn’t interested in any more loan signings, he’s not ruling out moving for the United States international again.

“It might not rule out going back in for Cameron, but what we don’t like doing is loans, so you can work your own way out from that,” he told Luton Today.

“We prefer our own players as when we add value to players which we believe we do add value, we’d like that value to be ours, that’s what we do.”

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Prior to this summer, Carter-Vickers didn’t look like being in contention for the Tottenham first team and, with his contract expiring next year, his time at Spurs looked to be running out.

However, Jose Mourinho has given him game time in pre-season, including in today’s friendly against Birmingham, where he did well.

It remains to be seen whether Carter-Vickers can do enough to convince Mourinho but, given Jan Vertonghen has left Spurs, there is a vacancy in central defence.

If it doesn’t work out, then Luton certainly appear interested in snapping him up – he’s won plenty of fans and plaudits during his loan stint there.

“Cam’s a great lad and a fantastic player to play with,” captain Sonny Bradley told Luton Today last month.

“He just knows what he’s doing, plenty of talking and I feel comfortable next to him.

“Cam’s been excellent… he’s come in, another player with a great attitude, a big future and right now we’re lucky to have him.”