The winger was signed as a key cog but that vision now threatens to fall down.
Jota is approaching his Al Ittihad endgame as Nuno Espirito Santo's transfer vision for the former Celtic winger approaches the final hurdle.
Since his move from the Premiership champions, Jota is yet to start a league game, and Al Ittihad have a cap of eight foreigners to work with. Mo Salah is THE player they are desperately trying to convince to swap Liverpool for the middle-east and have already had huge numbers knocked back, but the Athletic claim that the Celtic import was initially signed with a view to switching to Espirito Santo's favoured system with wingers, but has so far played with a narrow diamond.
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