Celtic signed the 29-year-old from Aberdeen this summer.
Speaking to The Scotsman, Scott Sinclair has agreed that Jonny Hayes was the best non-Celtic player in Scottish football last season.
Celtic signed the Irish winger from Aberdeen last week in a £1.3 million deal, according to The Scottish Sun.
Along with Bhoys trio Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong and Moussa Dembele, the 29-year-old was nominated for PFA Scottish Premiership Player of the Year last term after netting nine goals and setting up 12 in the league for the Dons.
And when asked by The Scotsman whether Hayes was the best player in the Premiership last season, not including any of the Celtic lads, Sinclair, who wound up winning the award, said: “Well, he made it into the top four of the PFA Scotland Player of the Year nominations, so he must have been.”
Sinclair, who netted 25 times in a goal-laden first season in Glasgow last season, added: “Jonny Hayes is a good player. All the players trust the manager to bring in the players he believes should be added to the squad and his arrival is great for competition.”
Hayes will certainly add something to Celtic next season as his new team look to fashion more glory after a phenomenal 2016-17 campaign under Brendan Rodgers.
The Hoops managed a domestic treble without losing a single match, and also enhanced their reputation in the Champions League with a couple of decent results following a two-year absence from Europe’s premier competition.
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