MY FUTURE IS AT CELTS, JOTA TELLS BENFICA

CELTIC last night took a step closer to landing Jota on a permanent basis after the winger declared his interest in a switch to Parkhead. The 23-year-old has impressed on a season-long loan from Benfica, scoring 12 goals for the league leaders including finding the net in Sunday’s 1-1 Old Firm home draw with Rangers. Celtic have an option to purchase Jota outright for £6.5million and reports in Portugal yesterday stated that the attacker has now informed Benfica his future lies with the Scottish champions-elect. Benfica are now planning for his departure in the summer with newspaper A Bola also reporting that contract talks between the relevant parties have started. Celtic are six points ahead of Rangers at the summit of the Premiership with three games to go and are closing in «TURN on being crowned champions. With Ange Postecoglou’s