Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths had a loan spell at Hibernian when he was on the books of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The former Celtic manager, though, has admitted that Griffiths is out of the budget of his club Hibernian.
Lennon told BBC Sport when asked if he would like to sign Griffiths on loan: “Leigh Griffiths? Yeah, absolutely.
“But I think from Leigh’s perspective, at this stage of his career, he just needs to get his Celtic career up and going again, put all the problems to one side and just concentrate on his football.
“I think that’s important for him that that is at Celtic. But if the opportunity arises – I’d be very surprised if it does – then obviously there would be a long, long queue of clubs interested in taking on his services, I am sure.”
Lennon added: “Yeah, he’s a big Hibs fan obviously. But he’s very expensive. So I don’t know if he’d fall into our budget.”
Celtic stay
Griffiths is not playing for Celtic at the moment, but there is no doubt that the Scotland international striker is part of manager Brendan Rodgers’s plan for the second half of the season.
The 28-year-old striker is a very important player for the Hoops, and despite the January transfers for the Bhoys so far, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers man’s experience will be important for the Glasgow giants.
Griffiths was on loan at Hibernian from 2011 until 2013 from Wolves, and although the 28-year-old will be a good signing for Hibs in the January transfer window, it is hard to see him moving to Easter Road this month.
The Scotsman has been on the books of Celtic since January 2014 when he joined from Wolves for a transfer fee reported by The Daily Mail to be worth £1 million.
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