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Portugal boss Roberto Martinez reckons Jota has found a home at Celtic Park - and revealed he's keeping close tabs on the winger.

Talented Jota's career has taken off since he arrived at Parkhead, initially on loan, before completing a £6.5million move from Benfica last summer. The 24-year-old has become a huge fans' favourite and starred in the Champions League, netting two goals in four games - including a stunning free-kick away to Real Madrid.

His sensational form has put him on the radar of international boss Martinez, who watched the attacker dump Rangers out of the Scottish Cup with a match-winning header at Hampden. Jota has played at every under-age level for Portugal, but has never been capped by the senior side. He was included in the provisional 2022 World Cup squad by former head coach Fernando Santos, although he eventually missed out on a ticket to Qatar.

However, the Celtic star's international aspirations have been given a major shot in the arm by new manager Martinez, who waxed lyrical over the skillful forward. Asked if he was keeping tabs on Jota, Martinez said: “Yeah, absolutely. I think obviously Jota is a player that is very important for the national team in terms of the qualities that he has. He is a player that has this natural knack of beating players in a one vs one situation.

“So he's a player that since I arrived in January, as you can imagine, there's been a lot of information. I tried to follow as many players, in fact, all the players, and clearly Jota is one of them.

“What I would say is that his evolution has been very impressive. I would say that the last four months especially he is growing into a very mature role at his club. He's always involved in the big moments, and that's important.

The stats that we have from him, they are very impressive, not just in the Scottish league, but in the Champions League. When you're looking at measuring a player in that natural gift of taking players on, it's very interesting to see it in different levels.

It's quite interesting that Jota actually has probably a bigger percentage in the Champions League than what he has in the Scottish Premiership, and that's something that we always follow very closely.

“Then the other aspect is obviously there's a lot of competition for places in that role, we have players that have been playing big games for their clubs for a long time now.

But for us, he is very much a player that we appreciate what he can bring to the national team and we appreciate the form he is in."

Jota's pathway into the international set-up is currently blocked by an array of superstars including Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Felix and Rafael Leao. But if the wide man continues to progress and perform, especially on the European stage, then it may only be a matter of time before Martinez hands him a dream call-up.

Speaking at the 26th annual Beatson Sporting Dinner, which raised almost £140k, Martinez added: “It's about being consistent. Wide players, players that can make the difference, they rely on the service, they rely on how their team plays.

“I think what has been very good is that he’s been very consistent with this role. Obviously, you're talking about that position we have players like Joao Felix, Rafael Leao. The position is a big one in terms of competition for places, but he's evolved immensely.

“When I look back at his time at Benfica and he had his time in Spain, I think he's found home. I think he really suits Celtic and I think it'll be very interesting how he develops in the next few months.”

Former Belgium boss Martinez - who was appointed to the Portugal hotseat in January - reckons Jota is reaching new heights due to the style of football under Ange Postecoglou

Asked if Angeball makes it easier for Jota to adapt to the national team, he said: “Totally. I think obviously that's important. Every player fits into a way of playing. The way Celtic are playing, they rely on players with natural talent that can make the difference, that they can take the advantage.

When you can see the confidence that Jota is playing at the moment, then he can come up with moments like the goal against Rangers, a header, that's very unusual! He's just been in the right place at the right time and I think it shows you that he's playing with confidence.

“That is down to the environment that the manager has created. It is the perfect environment for Jota to carry on developing.”
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Roberto doing us a favour basically telling him to stay here if he wants a chance

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Yep and at the same time making a mockery of the decision by the Japanese boss to omit Hatate from the Japan team. Great news for Jota and Celtic.

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Refreshing to see a national team manager, especially one with the standing of Martinez, encouraging a player to stay here. Would be amazing to see Jota get a call up at some point.

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That must be some boost for Jota. Good to have a national team manager of a big nation who already has experience and an affinity with Scottish football. Far less likely to write it off.

He'll be making his Portugal debut within a year, I think.

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It is good news for us and Jota but I would caveat that with the fact Martinez is a bit of a gobshite.

He’s the Portugal manager though so Jota should take massive heart from that.

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Good taste and good looking

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It is good news for us and Jota but I would caveat that with the fact Martinez is a bit of a gobshite.

He’s the Portugal manager though so Jota should take massive heart from that.
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Yeah, I was thinking that. I quite like Martinez, but you get the impression he's the sort of nice, diplomatic guy that if a journalist from The Faroe Islands asked him about the football there, he'd reel off a story about being really impressed by them in some random Euros qualifier despite losing 7-0, how it's a beautiful place he'd love to visit one day and how the people there all seem so friendly and wonderful, all just to make the journalist happy.

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Jota has explained his decision to pop into a famous Glasgow pub before the most recent Rangers clash.

Punters were shocked yet delighted to see their hero show up and take pictures with fans as he donned a retro club jersey. It came as a surprise to some but for the 24-year-old it was all about mingling with the support and gaining a better knowledge and connection with the club and its fanbase.

Jota would go on to net the winning goal in Celtic's 1-0 win over their rivals in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden afterwards and the attacker admits he was happy to show up at the "iconic" bar - even if it was in the morning at a less busy time than usual.

He said: "It was actually pretty decent. I think it was not the full experience as I went there in the morning. So there weren’t a lot of people there.

the people who were there were definitely passionate about Celtic and I could see that. It was just fun to be around these iconic people in this iconic place and just to find out a bit more about the culture of the club and the past.

“We are doing something so the next generation can be here as well. It was very good to be around this kind of environment.”

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