Celtic’s Cameron Carter-Vickers revealed as silent stand-out - 'he’s even quieter than the gaffer'

Celtic’s central-defensive partnership of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Carl Starfelt has been instrumental in the cinch Premiership leaders retaining treble prospects.

As Ange Postecoglou’s Premier Sports Cup winners prepare to face Dundee United at Tannadice in the Scottish Cup quarter-final on Monday night, there is a growing realisation the pairing of the £4.6m Swedish signing and Tottenham Hotspur loanee, initially questioned, has provided the platform for Celtic’s startling transformation.

However, the club’s left back Greg Taylor humourously divulges that you would never find Carter-Vickers shouting from the rooftops about the contribution he has made to his team’s cause in this campaign…even when the brawny centre-back has featured in all but one of 29 straight domestic games Celtic have remained unbeaten across. Clean sheets have been registered in 16 of these encounters. Form that has led to reports a host of English Premier League sides, headed up by Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, are willing to rival Celtic in their bid to recruit the 24-year-old permanently with a £6m investment come the summer.

“He’s even quieter than the gaffer,” said Taylor, in comparing the defender’s reserve to that of Postecoglou. “He’s been outstanding on the pitch, while away from it he’s really quiet. I try to steer clear of him in training, mind you. He’s some size and he’s quick as well. He’s got all the tools and he’s used them this year. He goes about his business, he trains and works hard. He’s not a shouter and bawler, he just goes about his business quietly. I do know he’s absolutely desperate to do well here. He’s desperate to win. You can tell. He takes a huge pride in not conceding a goal. If he does, he's so determined it