Celtic have reportedly already opened contract talks with Jota as a possible switch from Benfica gathers extra tempo.
Information from Portugal on Tuesday morning claimed the on-loan winger had knowledgeable the Primeira Liga giants he needed to make his Parkhead transfer everlasting.
Celtic are able to pay the £6.5million choice agreed final summer time for a participant who has lit up the Premiership below Ange Postecoglou.
Jota was guarded when requested about his future final week however A Bola report contract negotiations with the champions-elect are already below approach.
Tying the 22-year-old down on a long-term deal could be a sizeable enhance for Postecoglou as he prepares his squad for subsequent season's tilt on the Champions League.
File Sport revealed in January that Celtic have been additionally eager to signal Cameron Carter-Vickers on a everlasting deal from Tottenham Hotspur.
The USA worldwide has been the bedrock of the membership's success this time period with a string of wonderful shows at centre-back.
He and membership captain Callum McGregor have each been nominated for this season's Scottish Soccer Writers' Participant of the 12 months award.