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title: "Celtic: Stephen McGowan raises Cameron Carter-Vickers doubt"
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published: "2021-12-04T19:05:16Z"
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# Celtic: Stephen McGowan raises Cameron Carter-Vickers doubt

**It’s difficult to envisage Celtic shelling out £10million to sign Cameron Carter-Vickers permanently, journalist Stephen McGowan says.**

### The lowdown

Centre-back Carter-Vickers is currently on a season-long loan from English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

[He’s started](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/301029/Show/Cameron-Carter-Vickers) 10 of Celtic’s 15 SPFL matches to date and all five of their Europa League fixtures.

According to WhoScored, he’s been the Hoops’ [fifth-best performer](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/103/Show/Scotland-Celtic) in the league so far.

But [Record Sport](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cameron-carter-vickers-celtic-transfer-25581601) claim they will have to shell out an eight-figure sum to make the loan permanent.

That would break Celtic’s transfer record, which currently stands at the [£9.27million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transferrekorde/verein/371) they paid for Odsonne Edouard back in 2018/19.

### The latest

McGowan, The Scottish Daily Mail’s chief football writer, says Carter-Vickers would be a ‘quality’ long-term addition, but he doesn’t expect Celtic to meet Spurs’ demands.

“I maybe just wonder if a Carter-Vickers and a Jota, just those couple of pieces of quality they should prioritise rather than in gambling on the Ismaila Soro-type settings,” he said on Clyde One Superscoreboard, via [Celts Are Here](https://celtsarehere.com/reliable-journalist-has-his-doubts-over-reported-transfer-fee-for-loan-star/).

“But £10m? Again, I repeat, I don’t know if that figure’s accurate or not. I really don’t.

“I think that’s a bit rich, and I couldn’t really see Celtic paying that anyway.”

### The verdict

Carter-Vickers is ‘doing really well’ at Parkhead and has established himself as a ‘key player’, [Paddy Kenny says](https://www.footballinsider247.com/celtic-told-theres-a-deal-to-be-done-to-seal-cut-price-carter-vickers-deal-kenny/).

But will Celtic be willing to break records to keep him? They did turn a [near-£14million profit](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371) transfer-wise in the summer, and they’ve paid big money for defenders before: Christopher Jullien cost them [£7.2million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transferrekorde/verein/371) in 2019.

And there’s also a possibility that Spurs struggle to offload Carter-Vickers for the stated price tag and agree to compromise. Indeed, Danny Mills has told the Hoops to make an effort to [‘renegotiate’](https://www.footballinsider247.com/celtic-tipped-to-seal-5m-carter-vickers-deal-new-price-tag-reveal-mills/).

Perhaps there is a deal to be done.

**In other news, [is this a statement of intent from Celtic?](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-hoops-launch-japanese-website/)**