Jota and Cameron Carter-Vickers will play no part in the remainder of Celtic’s season, interim manager Martin O’Neill has confirmed.
Winger Jota has not featured since the Parkhead side’s Scottish Premiership title-clinching win at Dundee United in April last term.
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Centre-back Carter-Vickers has been out of action with an Achilles injury since Celtic’s Europa League win over Sturm Graz in October.
Former Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said at the time that the United States defender could be out for “anywhere between three and five months”, but he will not play again this campaign.
Reports also suggest that on-loan Bournemouth right-back Julian Araujo could be facing up to eight weeks out.
O’Neill did, however, have positive news on striker Callum Osmand, who has been sidelined since Celtic’s European defeat at Midtjylland in November.
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“Jota and Carter-Vickers will not be available to us until next season,” O’Neill told Celtic TV.
“Callum [Osmand] is doing really well. He’s anxious to go and is working exceptionally well. Hopefully that won’t be too far away.”
O’Neill’s side return to action after the international break when they travel to Dundee on Sunday (16:30 GMT).
Celtic’s last outing also took place in Dundee, where they were beaten 2-0 by Dundee United at Tannadice.
With O’Neill’s men sitting third in the table and five points behind leaders Hearts, the Celtic boss is hoping for a response against a challenging opponent.
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“[Dundee] played exceptionally well against us in the [Scottish Cup],” he added. “They played very well and in a lot of subsequent games they’ve been well and truly in the picture.
“Whatever way they approach the game, you can’t do anything about that. It’s about how we approach it as much as anything else. We have to be as strong as them.”
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