These Jota returning rumours are nothing more than wishful thinking amongst the Celtic support…
Superstar from Portugal
Jota, our former Superstar from Portugal, has been in the headlines the day or so due to the fact that he has reportedly asked for a transfer from current club Rennes.
Jota only signed for the Brittany club in August 2024 for a reported fee of £8 million from Saudi side Al-Ittihad. The Portuguese winger of course endured a difficult time in the Gulf State after his bumper £25 million move from Celtic in the summer of 2023. He was earning an absolute fortune so the pain will be worth it evey time he looks at his bank balance.
A massive financial hit
The fact that the Saudi side took a massive financial hit on the fee they paid for the player shows that he wasn’t exactly hitting the heights in the cash rich state, and that has followed him to France as he hasn’t been producing the form that we all know he is capable of, as his record of one goal in nine appearances suggests.
Naturally with the transfer window due to open Jota has been linked with a move to Celtic, although admittedly that’s just down to lazy journalism amongst the hacks and also understandable wishful thinking from some Celtic supporters.
As good as it would be…
As good as it would be to see Jota come back to Paradise, I doubt he’s a target for Brendan Rodgers. Not only would he command a big fee and salary, he wouldn’t be guaranteed a starting spot due to the form of Daizen Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn. Be truthful and ask yourself if you would drop either for Jota? No would be the right answer.
Maybe if one of them was moved on then yes, but I just can’t see a dramatic return for our former Superstar from Portugal.
Nicolas Kuhn Celtic’s next big sellable asset
Nicolas Kuhn is of course having a wonderful season and may even soon earn himself a call-up to the Germany squad ahead of the World Cup campaign. He has been a stand-out for Celtic in the Champions League and that has caused significant interest in the Celtic winger who could be Celtic’s next big sellable asset.
That of course would make the Jota back to Celtic story more likely but until then I’ll be filing it under W for wishful thinking. Hope I’m wrong though.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
Celtic in the Thirties
What a negative article. Seriously negative. But I do love your work most of the time
We need wingers with Forrest injured and Palma utter dross.
Jota is a Celtic hero. With a little faith. We can move mountains and bring him home.
Hail hail!
I even forgot about Yang. He’s that bad as a follow up to my last comment.
Rodgers would transform Jota and take him to the next level.
Look what he’s done with Khun. Who we all thought was an absolute dud last season.
God bless Jota and God bless his family. Come home to Glasgow. Let’s hope he’s found a way to hide the Saudi Gold.
Because we need him.
Agree with DH and said same on another blog. Palma on the way out. Jamesey just getting a supporting role. Yang not there yet. We only have 2 wingers. If one were to be sold at the end of the season for a big profit, and we all know and accept that’s the model, then lining up a replacement now is only good planning.
Conceivably Kuhn could be on a number of team’s radars already although losing him or Daizen is a painful prospect, getting somebody in with the talents of Jota would be absolutelyfantastic. He played the pressing game under Ange, he would slot well into the BR system, we know the talent he possesses and from that x factor attacking sense he’d potentially be a huge asset to the team for a second time.
For the doubters, undeniably his career has veered of track, but who better to get it back on the rails than BR – when you know the qualities of the player you’re bringing in, it’s a coach/player combination that seems a solid gold winner and I think there’s a lot of upside to the idea.
IMO the vast majority of Celtic supporters would drop Maeda for Jota , hes simply a far better footballer , Hail hail .