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Al Ittihad tweet their Jota deal as transfer is confirmed

Photo of Joe McHugh Joe McHugh | 22:56 03/07/23
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The English language Twitter account of Al Ittihad has as good as confirmed their signing of Jota.

Over the last couple of days there has been strong speculation that the Portuguese winger is about to quit Celtic for a highly lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.

Transfers are increasingly carried out on social media, tonight Al Ittihad have released an elaborate 90 second video featuring manager Nuno Espirito Santo dealing out a pack of cards with Jota the ace pick.

It isn’t the most subtle of hints, soon after the video was released Celtic confirmed that the transfer had been completed with Jota leaving the hoops after two eventful and successful seasons in Scotland.

Celtic look set to pick up a fee of around £25m with a significant chunk of that being passed on to Benfica who sold the winger exactly a year ago for £6.5m.

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2 comments

  • Eamonn Little says:
    July 3, 2023 at 11:04 pm

    Aye on you go son,knock yourself out.Can entertain yourself watching a wee public execution of an afternoon on your days off.Seal all your windows off to have a glass of wine or a beer.Or go for a drive with your latest squeeze,(With you doing all the driving cos she won’t be allowed to).

  • m mclaughlin says:
    July 3, 2023 at 11:50 pm

    A significant chunk of that going to Benfica ,i would say that it is Celtic who are getting a significant chunk is going to Celtic more like 13 million to be exact

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