Peter Grant claims English clubs were put off Celtic stand-in captain Cameron Carter-Vickers over his height.
The American international is a key player for manager Ange Postecoglou and has shone ever since arriving on loan from Tottenham on loan last year. He is now a permanent Hoops player after a number of loans away from Spurs but Grant - who was a coach at fellow London clubs Fulham and West Ham while Carter-Vickers was in the city - says there was some fears over him
He claimed on Go Radio that not being a towering defender went against the Celtic star, but is now creating a promising defensive partnership with one of his former Fulham starlets, Moritz Jenz. The former Parkhead player said: "I was at West Ham and Fulham so I had seen a lot of Cam. He'd been out on loan and it is always difficult. He's not your typical centre-back down there.
