Former Celtic midfielder turned pundit, Kris Commons has given his verdict on Hoops striker Leigh Griffiths saying he fears the 30-year old’s Celtic career is being to ‘fizzle out’.
As quoted by Sun Sport writing in his column for the Scottish Daily Mail, there has been a lot of debate around the future of Leigh Griffiths with it being a possibility that he may be released on a free in the summer and Commons revealed his fears for the Celtic frontman.
“Scott Brown was 31 when he captained Celtic to an Invincible season in 2016-17. A year later, at the age of 32, he was voted PFA Player of the Year in Scotland.
“During my own career, I was 30 years old when I had my best season at Celtic, scoring 32 goals and winning the PFA Player of the Year award in 2014.
“These are your best years as a footballer. From the age of 28 through until 31 or 32, you should be at the absolute peak of your powers. It represents the prime of your career.
“Leigh Griffiths is 30 just now. But, rather than firing on all cylinders, it feels like his Celtic career is just being left to fizzle out.
“He has scored five goals in 18 appearances in the Premiership this season. He has scored just once since Boxing Day, the opener in a 2-0 win over Hamilton Accies at the end of January.
“By the time Celtic’s league campaign resumes against Aberdeen next Wednesday, it will be almost three months since Griffiths last found the net.
“It has all gone stale for him at Celtic. It feels like he has become the forgotten man, which is a shame when you consider how much ability he has.
“He is struggling to get a game for Celtic at the moment, being limited to cameo appearances for five or ten minutes by coming off the bench.
He started the victory over Falkirk in the Scottish Cup but I don’t think there’s any chance of that being repeated when Celtic head to Ibrox to face Rangers next weekend.
“‘I was born to play at Ibrox’. Those were the words of Griffiths in March last year as Celtic prepared to face their Old Firm rivals prior to the Covid shutdown.
“Now, just over 12 months down the line, Griffiths doesn’t look like he’ll kick a ball next weekend.”
This season has certainly been a frustrating one for Griffiths. From the off, it didn’t get off to the best of starts as he was left behind for the club’s pre-season trip to France due to the condition he returned to training in the summer.
It feels like his time at the club is coming to an end with his game time starting to be reduced and when he does get the chance he has failed to take it.
Over the next few weeks, talks between the Scottish international and the club will be big to see if he is part of the plans going into next season.
