Sinclair discusses his reason for coming to Celtic

Last night, Celtic dominated the PFA Scotland awards ceremony in Glasgow.

Brendan Rodgers picked up the Manager of the Year award, while Scott Sinclair took Player of the Year, and Kieran Tierney scooped Young Player of the Year. Moussa Dembele took the Goal of the Season award; he finished the creative, team-worked goal against St Johnstone.

Scott Sinclair spoke to the media, about his motivation to join Celtic:

If I can give advice to young players it is to never give up.

People will always pull you down and say you are never good enough.

The main thing, on a personal level, is that I never gave up and I’m getting the rewards for it now.

When you’ve gone through so many tough times in your career, of not playing and getting relegated, I was the one who stayed behind at training and did things at home. Looking back, it was all worth it.

The main thing was to come up here and enjoy my football again and get that happiness back into my life of playing week in, week out and having a manager who believes in me.

I could have stayed down in England and enjoyed my life and had it all nice and cosy. But I didn’t want that, I wanted much more. I’ve always wanted to be giving more.

Sinclair seems to be loving his footballing career at Celtic.  He has suggested that this is the place for him to achieve what he wants out of the game.

The Hoops destroyed St Johnstone 4-1 at Celtic Park on Saturday.  Sinclair replaced 18-year-old youth player Michael Johnston later in the spectacle.  The Englishman was full of praise for the Bhoy, who signed a new three-year-deal shortly after the match.

Sinclair said:

Mikey stepped up, he was fantastic, you could see his confidence. I spoke to him before the game just to say, ‘play your own game’, because sometimes when you play under-21 level and you come in to the first team you just want to keep it simple.

But any young player coming into the first team wants to go out there and express himself, and that’s what the gaffer brings to any young player who steps up.

The 28-year-old struggled throughout his footballing life at a range of top English clubs, including Chelsea and Manchester City. He had never been fully utilised to show his full range of talents at these clubs.

Since joining Celtic, Sinclair has found a new lease of life.  It seems unlikely that he will leave the Hoops anytime soon, with his heart seemingly set at Parkhead.