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.

Jota reckons he’s back home after clinching his Celtic return on a bumper five-and-a-half year contract. And Celtic fans hope he’ll soon be joined by another former member of the Hoops ‘family’ with Kieran Tierney’s Arsenal exit edging closer.

But Bernardo is excited to see Jota return and he labelled the versatile forward as a ‘great player’, as he told Celtic TV in his pre-match press conference for the Villa match.

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A January deal looks like it's edging closer for Tierney while Brendan Rodgers issues Sondre Orjasaeter update

Jota was back at Lennoxtown today as he and his Celtic teammates trained before heading down to Birmingham for tomorrow's Champions League tie against Aston Villa.  However, there was no sign of Cameron Carter-Vickers as Brendan Rodgers' side were put through their paces in the winter sun.

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.

While it is certainly an emotional reunion for Celtic supporters, reuniting with the man behind the viral 'Jota on the wing' song, the Hoops will be saddened to say goodbye to fan-favourite striker Kyogo Furuhashi.

Scotland to Saudi Arabia to France and back to Scotland. To quote Jota's farewell message to Celtic supporters as he finalised a lucrative move to Al-Ittihad: "...what a f***ing ride."

On Celtic's TikTok account, though, as they announced Jota's return, Littler expressed his feelings. He commented: "Jota on the wing," accompanied by two dancer emojis, as the 18-year-old appeared to make his Scottish football allegiances clear.

Brendan Rodgers confirms that Scotland defender Kieran Tierney will move to Celtic from Arsenal this summer at the latest.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Celtic signed striker Jota on Monday in time for the Champions League knockout phase, bringing him back to Scotland for about one third of the fee it got selling him to ...