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Frank McAvennie sends message to Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths

Leigh Griffiths of Celtic FC (L) celebrates with teammates Kieran Tierney (C) and Mikael Lustig (R) after scoring during the UEFA Champions League ...
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The Celtic hitman missed the second half of last season.

Leigh Griffiths of Celtic is congratulated by manager Brendan Rodgers as he is substituted during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers FC and Celtic FC at Ibrox Stadium...

Frank McAvennie is delighted to see Celtic hitman Leigh Griffiths fit and firing again.

Griffiths has been in red-hot form for the Hoops in pre-season so far and scored four against St Gallen Under-21s on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old missed the second half of last season after struggling with a bout of depression.

But it looks like the Celtic hitman is getting back to his best in preparation for the 2019-20 campaign, and Bhoys legend McAvennie has sent him a message on Twitter.

Celtic boss Neil Lennon said last month that getting Griffiths back was the equivalent of having a new £6 million striker available to him.

But an in-form Griffiths is worth more than that. After all, this is a player who scored 40 goals during the 2015-16 campaign. Nobody in Scotland has got even close to that since. The closest Moussa Dembele and Alfredo Morelos came was the 30-goal mark.

The former Hibs forward is in a league of his own when he’s enjoying his football and he’ll be one hell of a competition for Odsonne Edouard this coming season.

Leigh Griffiths of Celtic celebrates after the Scottish Cup Semi Final between Rangers and Celtic at Hampden Park on April 15, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.