{"id":566565,"date":"2025-11-13T00:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/566565\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:56:16","slug":"jonny-hayes-dubs-celtic-hero-the-most-intelligent-i-have-ever-seen-as-he-builds-the-perfect-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/566565\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Hayes dubs Celtic hero &#8216;the most intelligent I have ever seen&#8217; as he builds the perfect player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Celtic fans have been blessed to have watched some phenomenal players don their famous colours over the decades. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic<\/a> have dominated on the domestic scene, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/jonny-hayes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonny Hayes<\/a> got a taste of it all during a three-year period at Parkhead. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/jonny-hayes-admits-he-didnt-enjoy-playing-against-criminally-underrated-celtic-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayes won seven trophies at Celtic<\/a>, playing alongside some top players, including some who are still going strong today. <\/p>\n<p>The former winger was asked to build his \u2018perfect\u2019 Celtic player, and this is who got a mention. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2202547254-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Callum McGregor looks on during Celtic vs Bayern Munich in the Champions League\" class=\"wp-image-322857\" \/>Photo by Marco Steinbrenner\/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesJonny Hayes on Callum McGregor\u2019s intelligence for Celtic <\/p>\n<p>One of the players whom Hayes paid the highest compliment to was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/who-is-callum-mcgregor-celtic-captain-age-song-wife-goals-appearances-trophies-wages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic captain Callum McGregor<\/a>, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/feature\/celtic-most-decorated-players-of-all-time-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the most decorated players in the Hoops\u2019 history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to SPFL\u2019s social media account, when it came to \u2018intelligence\u2019, Hayes gave that tag to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/callum-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McGregor<\/a>, and how he is \u2018the most intelligent player I have ever seen.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Callum McGregor,\u2019 stated Hayes, on who is his perfect Celtic player with the \u2018intelligence\u2019 trait. \u2018Probably the most intelligent player I have ever seen. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys see it week in and week out. Plays right wing, left wing and left-back. All-round footballer. Callum McGregor, without a shadow of a doubt.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Who else made the list\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the perfect player with the right foot and the left foot. Hayes named several Celtic heroes on his list, and many of them won\u2019t be a surprise. <\/p>\n<p>But here are the rest of the players who made Hayes\u2019 list: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li><strong>Right foot: <\/strong>Scott Sinclair<\/li>\n<li><strong>Left foot:<\/strong> Leigh Griffiths<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed: <\/strong>Oliver Burke or Jeremie Frimpong<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strength:<\/strong> Scott Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligence:<\/strong> McGregor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finishing:<\/strong> Griffiths <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic fans have been blessed to have watched some phenomenal players don their famous colours over the decades.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[2629,94,180080,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-566565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-callum-mcgregor","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jonny-hayes","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}