Celtic move turned out ‘better than expected’ for Sinclair

Scott Sinclair savoured his best feeling in football after helping Celtic to the treble.

The former Chelsea, Swansea, Manchester City and Aston Villa winger put the cap on a memorable first campaign at Parkhead by collecting a Scottish Cup winner’s medal.

Celtic’s 2-1 victory over Aberdeen at Hampden made it 47 domestic games unbeaten this season and clinched the fourth treble in the club’s history.

Sinclair has contributed 25 goals and claimed player of the year awards from his team-mates, the Celtic fans, his fellow professionals and the Scottish football writers.

“It’s worked out better than I expected,” he said. “For me it was to come up here to be happy, playing every week under a manager that believes in me and get my football back on track, which I have. And it’s been unbelievable, especially being at a club like Celtic, playing games and setting some history.

“Right now this is the best in my career, the most enjoyable. Being at a club like Celtic, it’s such a big club. Being under the manager and especially the fans, I’m so happy we could give back to the fans. They travel week in, week out, cheering everybody’s name and they get right behind us.”

The triumph came at the end of a week of serious nostalgia for Celtic supporters, with a number of events and widespread media coverage marking the 50th anniversary of their European Cup win.

But Sinclair feels inspiration has not been in short supply all season.

“We have just been inspired throughout the whole season, especially from the manager,” he said. “All the boys have stuck together and worked so hard in training and it has all paid off.

“We have taken every game as it comes and this was the last game of the season, and we were exceptional throughout.”

Scott Sinclair: happy to be able to reward fans.