{"id":259965,"date":"2025-11-13T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259965\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:09","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.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259965\/","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>Celtic fans have been blessed to have watched some phenomenal players don their famous colours over the decades. <\/p>\n<p>In recent times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> have dominated on the domestic scene, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/jonny-hayes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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.newsbeep.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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic captain Callum McGregor<\/a>, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/feature\/celtic-most-decorated-players-of-all-time-ranked\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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<p>Right foot: Scott SinclairLeft foot: Leigh GriffithsSpeed: Oliver Burke or Jeremie FrimpongStrength: Scott BrownIntelligence: McGregorFinishing: Griffiths   <\/p>\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":259966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[23926,218,107621,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-259965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-callum-mcgregor","tag-football","tag-jonny-hayes","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}