Jota spent one year with Al-Ittihad before an offseason move to Rennes, which has sold the Portuguese forward to Celtic for a reported 10 million euros ($10.5 million). Celtic got a reported 29 million ($30.5 million) selling him after his first spell in Glasgow.
As he prepares for a second Celtic stint, it will be interesting to see what Rodgers does with the 25-year-old. Daizen Maeda is having perhaps his best season in green and white, while Nicolas Kuhn is the current front-runner for the player of the season award.
The winger completed his sensational £8.5m move back to Celtic from Rennes just 18 months after leaving Glasgow in a £25m deal to join Al-Ittihad. Jota picked up an eye-watering £190,000-a-week ...
Paulo Bernardo was humming along to the Celtic Jota tune even before he followed the Portuguese favourite to Parkhead. And the midfielder is convinced the returning Hoops ace will be even more on song in his second spell.
Paulo Bernardo on marvelling at Jota's skills coming through the ranks at Benfica, and why he believes the pair can team up effectively now
The 25-year-old was confirmed on a five-and-a-half year deal, emphasising his commitment to the club, and vowed to pick up where he left off eighteen months ago. After the player did the media rounds,
Jota has arrived in Glasgow to seal his transfer return to Celtic, according to reports. It's thought the 25-year-old winger has touched down in Scotland to put the finishing touches on his switch to the Scottish Premiership. The Scottish Sun reports Jota has arrived in the city ahead of a £9m transfer move from Ligue 1 side Rennes.
Andy Halliday can't quite believe Jota is back in Glasgow for a snip of the fee they got for him just a year and a half ago
After sealing a return to Glasgow's east end we'll have every word from the Celtic star's first press conference
Celtic have completed the return of Jota from Rennes while Kyogo Furuhashi has finalised a move in the opposite direction. Japan striker Kyogo, who joined Celtic in summer 2021 at the same time as Jota, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club sitting third bottom of Ligue 1.
Jota wants to "bring joy" to the Celtic supporters even though "times have changed" at Parkhead. Having left in the summer of 2023, the winger returns to Glasgow on a five-and-a-half-year deal after leaving French side Rennes where he spent the last six months following a tough spell in Saudi Arabia.