There’s a scene that keeps coming back into my head right now. It’s of Jota scoring a superb free kick against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu and celebrating like he’d just won the World Cup.
I found the reaction pretty embarrassing given the fact Celtic were 5-0 down at the time but afterwards he talked about how special a moment it was for him producing a moment of magic like that in the Champions League against one of the greats.
He should have had the head down while jogging back to the centre circle with the minimum of fuss. The point is, Jota seemed to be piling it because of where it was and the stage it was on. But if this deal to Al-Ittihad goes through he’d be throwing all prospect of more of that kind of experience straight into the bin. Remember that Brendan Rodgers banner about trading immortality for mediocrity? Jota will be trading his career at the top level for money. Simple as that.
