The wide man left Parkhead this summer but has endured a nightmare spell in the Pro League so far.
Misfit Jota "would not have hesitated" to return to Celtic as he searches for a last-gasp Al-Ittihad escape route, it has been claimed.
Saudi clubs only allowed to register eight foreign players in their squad each season the Portuguese star looks set to miss the cut and could be without regular first-team football until transfer business ramps up again in January. The arrival of Luiz Felipe takes the number of players from overseas to nine - and reports claim that either Jota or goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe could be dropped from the matchday list when the squad list is unveiled on September 15.
Al-Balawi urged Itthad to sideline to winger rather than their first choice goalkeeper stating: "Dispense with a foreign player who does not participate, like Jota, and if the coach feels embarrassed to dispense with him he can choose a name other than Grohe. But I think if the coach was convinced of the player, he would have played him continuously.
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