The 21-year-old has joined the Scottish champions on a season-long loan.
loanee Paulo Bernardo has been set the challenge of proving himself by Benfica president Rui Costa.
It resembles the agreement struck between the two clubs for Jota in 2021. The winger was subsequently sold to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad for £25million earlier in the summer. He said:"We believe that they can become first-team players. It will be up to them to show themselves so that we can analyse whether they come back or not.”
"Paulo, he’s had no football over the course of pre-season he has trained. We have to look at him," he commented.
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