Jota would welcome Celtic transfer return as Parkhead favourite reckons money side makes sense
Mark Wilson reckons Jota WOULD be open to a Celtic return.
The Portuguese wide man smashed the Scottish football transfer record when the Hoops flogged him to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia in summer 2023. But he endured a nightmare spell in the gulf state after being snubbed from their Saudi Pro League squad, limiting his gametime to the Asian Champions League clashes.
Ligue 1 outfit Rennes eventually offered him an escape route in a £6.7million switch to France. But he hasn't fared a whole lot better there. New boss Jorge Sampaoli has benched the former Benfica starlet and with the club looking to raise funds in order to bring in new faces next month and Jota could be a prime candidate to be moved on with the player himself keen to play more.
This is where Celtic should step in, according to Wilson. having banked serious money when selling hom first time around, the former Parkhead defender reckons the relatively small outlay it would take to bring him back to Glasgow would be well worth it, and is convinced the 25-year-old would welcome the chance to join up with the Hoops once again.
“Well, someone called in, was it last week, and mentioned Jota," he told Clyde Super Scoreboard. "So they paid, what, £6million to take him there? If Celtic can do any sort of business and he would be interested in coming back, which I’m sure he would, I think the Celtic fans would take that all day long.”
