Celtic spending £12m just to stand still with Jota and Carter Vickers is far from a disaster for Rangers - Hotline

Celtic are close to making Jota’s Parkhead switch a permanent affair and the Hotline reckons it’s time Celtic nailed down their other loan star.

Ange Postecoglou is hoping to finalise a £6.5million deal that will see Benfica ace Jota remain in Glasgow next term.

And with that close to being tied up, the Hoops faithful say a move for Spurs defender Cameron Carter-Vickers should be next on the agenda.

Jim McSorley, Bothwell, said: “Jota’s loan and now hopefully his permanent signing has been great business by the champions-elect.

“With his key goals and assists this year he has already paid back the transfer fee with plenty more to come.

“Cameron Carter-Vickers next please!”

Nick Campbell, Edinburgh, also called in to say: “Securing Jota is a massive statement of intent, but this should only be the beginning of the investment. Celtic must go out and get another player of similar quality because the drop off when he’s unavailable is too big.

“I’d also like to see us get something similar for Carter-Vickers tied up as he’s been key to fixing the defensive problems that cost us the 10 last year.”

But Rangers fan David Wright would not be too disappointed to see Celtic shelling out a large chunk of their £40million windfall on this season’s loan pair.

He said: “While it’s a blow for Rangers to see Celtic gaining automatic qualification for the group stages next season at least we know they’re likely going to have to spend around £12million just to stand still if they want to keep Jota and Carter-Vickers.

“Our Europa League run should mean we have some cash to spend in the summer too so it doesn’t have to be the disaster some Rangers fans are making it out to be.”

And Gavin Macleod, Renfrew , emailed in: “No doubt Jota