Jota lifted the roof off Celtic Park with his sensational goal as Celtic started their title defence with a win.
As Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin suggested, the Portuguese’s brilliant effort showed what £6million can get you in the transfer market. Nonetheless, Stephen Mulhearn, Dumbarton, still reckons the champions got a great deal out of Benfica having watched his opening-day cracker. He said: “After witnessing Jota’s Ronaldo-type strike, I’m still amazed Celtic signed him for such a modest fee in the current transfer market. It’s showing similarities to when Henrik Larsson was stolen from Feyenoord for a modest fee.”
William Hutchison, Aberdeen , added: “To the Hotline caller who said Jota couldn’t get into an average Benfica team? After Jota's sensational strike at the weekend, if we can get players who cannot get into average teams and score goals like that, I will take them anytime.”
