ROCK STAR LOVES HIS GIG IN GLASGOW

Hero defender CCV insists he's happy in Paradise and he takes no notice of rumours linking him with transfér

- MICHAEL GANNON

CAMERON CARTER-VICKERS is the rock at the heart of the Hoops defence... and he's going to take some shifting from his Parkhead home.

The big USA international has played a huge role in Celtic's success, so it is no surprise teams across Europe and beyond have taken notice.

Talk of German champions Bayer Leverkusen sniffing around was slapped down by Brendan Rodgers over the festive period and the interest never got strong enough to land in Carter-Vickers' inbox.

But the defender isn't too fussed.

Rather, the 26-year-old insists he's not looking to see if there is any greener grass elsewhere as he feels comfortable where he is.

He said: "I feel very settled here. To be fair, when I see stuff like that, I don't really take much note of it because you never know how much truth there is to it. Unless obviously you're told directly, which I wasn't, so again I don't take much note of it.

"I just kind of focus on what I've got going on here. Do you take it as a compliment? "Yeah, for me I'm always a team first kind of guy where obviously I want to perform so it helps the team.

But it's definitely nice when you see stuff like that because it does show you that people are noticing what you're doing and that's good.

"It's just like anything in life while you're doing something, you want to do it to the best of your ability.

"So whether there is interest or not at this current time and for any of the players - we're at Celtic and we want to do well for the team.