By John Mcgarry For The Scottish Daily Mail
Published: 00:52 GMT, 21 January 2019 | Updated: 00:54 GMT, 21 January 2019
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Scott Sinclair has told Celtic's challengers that Brendan Rodgers will still have the best squad in the country once his injury list clears up.
Shorn of Kieran Tierney, Olivier Ntcham, Odsonne Edouard and Leigh Griffiths, Celtic began 2019 with a comfortable win over Airdrie on Saturday to retain their stranglehold over the Scottish Cup.
Oliver Burke started with fellow loan signing Timothy Weah coming off the bench to claim third goal of the day.
Scott SInclair believes Celtic will only get stronger once key players return from injury
Vakoun Issouf Bayo is expected to arrive in Glasgow this week and bolster the side's attacking options with a deal for defender Andrew Guzman being finalised.
Asked if he believed his manager still had the strongest squad in the country at his disposal, Sinclair, who netted twice against the Diamonds, said: 'Yes, I would say so. For us it is all about battling and all about competing.
'It all comes from our training. We're all hungry - just as hungry as we were in our first season. But it is up to us to perform.'
Despite his two-goal display, Sinclair did see his penalty save to deny the winger a hat-trick
Sinclair was wrongly denied a hat-trick by an erroneous linesman's flag but earlier missed his second - and
