The Kilmarnock striker does not expect the Celtic star to start in big European matches for the Bhoys.
Kris Boyd at Rangers
Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd has predicted in The Scottish Sun that Leigh Griffiths is not going to play in big European games for Celtic this season.
Griffiths has been on the books of Celtic since January 2014 and has established himself as a key figure for the Bhoys.
The Scotland international was arguably the Hoops’ best player last season, as he helped the Glasgow giants win the Scottish Premiership.
The 26-year-old striker has suffered injury problems this season and is not guaranteed a place in Brendan Rodgers’s starting lineup.
Moussa Dembele has been superb form for the Bhoys so far this season, having joined Celtic in the summer transfer window after leaving English club Fulham at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
Kilmarnock’s Kris Boyd
Former Rangers striker Boyd, who is now on the books of Kilmarnock, has predicted that Griffiths is not going to start big European matches for Celtic.
“He’s at the top of his game, on fire as a striker, as he steps on to the pitch in every game he plays thinking he’s going to hit the net,” Boyd wrote about Griffiths in The Scottish Sun. “But he’s got a problem.
“At Celtic Brendan Rodgers isn’t going to pick him for the big European matches and it’s going to be the same with Gordon Strachan and Scotland.
“Moussa Dembele is ahead of him at his club and Steven Fletcher is ahead of him with his country.
“And the way I see it, the way Griffiths will be thinking about it is there’s absolutely NOTHING that’s going to change that.”
Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths celebrates
Dembele is playing brilliantly at the moment, and it is hard to see Rodgers drop him from the starting lineup anytime soon.
If the former Liverpool and Swansea City boss decides to play with one striker upfront, then it looks likely that Dembele will be his main guy.
Celtic’s Moussa Dembele
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