"I'm told" - Insider drops exciting Celtic transfer claim as Ange nears £16.3m double deal

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou will be handed additional funds to secure reinforcements after Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota are made permanent Parkhead signings, according to transfer insider Dean Jones.

Postecoglou was appointed as the Hoops’ manager last summer and he has enjoyed a season to remember, having clinched Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup glory.

Celtic are understood to be in advanced talks over a £10million deal which will see Carter-Vickers swap Tottenham Hotspur for Parkhead on a permanent basis.

That is despite Southampton, Fulham, West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton also taking an interest in the 24-year-old central defender.

Carter-Vickers joined the newly-crowned Scottish Premiership champions on an initial season-long loan from Spurs on deadline day of last summer’s transfer window.

Jota also headed to Glasgow in the early stages of the campaign, with him linking up with Celtic on a temporary deal from Benfica, but the agreement included a buy option.

According to Portuguese media outlet Jornal de Noticias, the Bhoys have informed Jota’s parent club that they will exercise the £6.3million purchase clause written into the loan deal.

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Jones believes Celtic’s summer spending will not end after tying Carter-Vickers and Jota down to long-term contracts.

The transfer insider feels Postecoglou’s record in spending the Bhoys’ cash shows he can be trusted to bring in further fresh faces.

Jones told GIVEMESPORT: “They have to prioritise those two deals but, from what I’m told, they will get additional backing too.

“I think that the success in terms of recruitment