Key Jota contract details revealed as Celtic hero seals £9m transfer but one Kieran Tierney snag remains

Celtic have secured a stunning £9 million deal to bring Jota back to Parkhead.

The Portuguese winger was in Glasgow on Saturday night finalising his move from Ligue 1 side Rennes. Mailsport understands the 25-year-old will sign a long-term contract - believed to be for four-and-a-half years - to seal a sensational return. Celtic moved to tie up Jota after agreeing to let Japanese striker Kyogo Furuhashi go the other way for around £10 million.

Brendan Rodgers was keen to snap up a player who enjoyed two years at the Hoops under former gaffer Ange Postecoglou before being sold to Saudi outfit Al Ittihad for £25 million. And it looks like he’s got his man, with Jota’s arrival set to be rubber-stamped in the next 24 hours. Rodgers is also still trying to push through a loan deal for another ex-Celt, Kieran Tierney, from Arsenal in this January transfer window. The Scotland defender looks certain to sign a pre-contract agreement with his old club to come back permanently in the summer.

A loan switch from the Gunners this month IS still possible but Mailsport understands the potential £30million transfer of Tierney’s team-mate Oleksandr Zinchenko - to either Atletico Madrid or Borussia Dortmund - could scupper the deal. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta doesn’t want to leave himself short of left-backs as they hunt down Liverpool in the Premier League title race.

If Zinchenko goes in this window, he’ll be left with Tierney and English youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly as naturals in that position - even though the likes of Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Callafiori can fill in there. But Rodgers is hopeful that a deal can be struck for a six-month loan stint, which would see Tierney return before a Bosman move in June.

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