Jota unveiled by Al-Ittihad in bizarre fashion as video featuring Celtic fringe stars leaves fans stunned
JOTA was confirmed tonight as the youngest player in the Saudi Arabian league after sealing his move to Al-Ittihad.
The Portugal winger has left Celtic on a sensational £25m deal, despite only making a permanent move to the Parkhead club from Benfica Summer.
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He will now join forces with French stars Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante at Al-Ittihad and join forces in the Middle East with Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Al-Nassr.
Jota will be delighted to finalize the deal after lengthy negotiations and is set to rake in a staggering £200,000 a week for the next three years.
And the Saudi Pro League champions are clearly excited at the prospect of having the Portuguese star in their squad, by the way, as they announced the commitment on social media.
Al-Ittihad revealed the winger with a rather bizarre statement Video before releasing graphics showing Jota in a yellow and black Spiderman costume with the caption: “Superhero.”
But above all the announcement video has remained Celtic Fans were stunned as there is a lot going on in it, to say the least.
The two-minute animated clip begins with head coach Nuno Espírito Santo admiring a clip of the forward scoring against Rangers before bizarrely getting into his goal automobile And Drive to a shop.
As 11 p.m. approached on his phone — when the announcement was made Saudi Arabia – He is offered the opportunity to choose between a deck of cards.
And for some reason each card represents a Celtic Past and present players including Giorgos Giakoumakis, Odsonne Edouard, Anthony Ralston and even Albian Ajeti.
Nuno, of course, ends up opting for the Jota card before saying, “We want to rule the world.”
It’s a stunning video to say the least which left several speechless Celtic fans watching Social media to reveal their confusion over the 120-second clip.
One stunned fan laughed, “No way did they somehow put Ajeti in this video.”
Another commented, “Tony Ralston and Ajeti don’t play their part in this video.”
Another wrote: “Saudi football There’s something more to the league thing strange. Words cannot describe this video.
A fourth response read, “The most bizarre signing video I’ve ever seen.”
A fifth joked: “Siri show most worrying to me transfer announcement video.
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