Al Ittihad tweet their Jota deal as transfer is confirmed
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Ross County v Celtic - Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall, Scotland, Britain - April 2, 2023 Celtic's Jota celebrates scoring their first goal with Matt O'Riley REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
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.
The right choice for the right place ?#JotaIsYellow
pic.twitter.com/FMduUvLXD4— Ittihad Club (@ittihad_en) July 3, 2023
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.