Jamaican born winger Leon Bailey has been voted the best newcomer of the 2017/18 season by his fellow pros in the German Bundesliga.

Bailey collected 29.3 per cent of the votes cast in the ‘silver arrow’ award from the players’ union .

The 20-year old jJamaican was clearly ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt’s Marius wolf 13 per cent and Borussia Dortmund’s Michy Bat-Shuayi   7.4 per cent in the vote.

In the previous vote, it was Ousmane Dumbbell – now at Barcelona – who won out against Bayer 04 pro Kai Havertz.

Bailey who was involved in 15 goals including scoring nine and provided six assists for Bayer 04 in the Bundesliga last term, was also named in the players union team of the season by his fellow professionals.

He was named along with the two defenders Philipp Max (Fc Augsburg) and Naldo (Schalke 04) and midfielder Naby Keïta (Rb Leipzig) and was one of only four non Bayern Munich players in the line-up.

Bailey received 41.9 per cent of the votes.

Top goal scorer Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich was awarded the ‘silver boot’ for the best player of the season and the coaches’ ‘silver bench’ award went to Jupp Heynckes  of Bayern Munich.