McGowan reveals Jota’s Celtic wages

Stephen McGowan has claimed that Jota is currently being paid £28,000 a week by Celtic.

The winger is the subject of a massive transfer bid from Saudi club Al Ittihad with reports that he will be paid an incredible £10m a year free of tax.

With that figure in mind it is difficult to imagine any circumstances in which Jota would stay in Scotland with only the transfer fee between the two clubs to be agreed.

Celtic players are well rewarded in comparison to most European countries but the club know where they are in the bigger picture.

Discussing Jota’s impeding transfer to Al Ittihad in the Daily Mail, McGowan explains:

Under contract until 2026, Jota earns a sum in the region of £28k a week at Celtic. He could stick around the SPFL for another three seasons and bank £4million in total and, for most fans in their 20s, that’s staggering money. In Saudi Arabia, it takes just four months to earn that much.

The weekly rate is likely to be raised by bonuses for winning trophies, Jota could have a goal and assist bonus in his deal with a signing on fee or loyalty bonus paid out yearly.

His transfer seems inevitable with Celtic fans waiting to see the impact that Brendan Rodgers makes on the transfer market.

By all accounts the Irishman has been given a substantial transfer budget, with Jota about to leave and Aaron Mooy retired last season’s squad has been weakened with expectations that the treble winners can kick on, making progress in Europe while remaining in front domestically.