Celtic have been saluted by Benfica legend Diamantino - who claims he'd be the first one on the plane to thank them for turning Jota into a £25m player.
The Portuguese superstar left Celtic just a year after they triggered a £6.5m option to buy him from Benfica last summer. Al-Ittihad are paying a total of £25m for his services and Benfica will earn a share of the spoils having negotiated a 30 per cent sell-on clause as part of his permanent move to Parkhead.
Pundits such as Chris Sutton and Alan Brazil have criticised Jota for chasing the cash but it's a life-changing move that has left all parties satisfied with the offer on the table proving too rich for Celtic to say no. And Diamantino is delighted they have sold up as his old team, with whom he won 11 league titles as a player, firmly in the money.
