Leigh Griffiths should replay the religion proven in him by Celtic and overlook about his health feud with Neil Lennon.
The striker has handed a yr’s contract extension on Thursday simply when it seemed like he was heading for the Celtic Park exit door.
But new boss Ange Postecoglou is aware of he has a confirmed Premiership goalscorer on his fingers – if Griffiths is match and in the precise way of thinking.
The Scotland worldwide reported again from lockdown final yr severely out of situation which drew Lennon’s wrath.
But he’s been again early this time round in a bid to impress the brand new man and attain the degrees he’s able to.
And Mark McGhee has urged him to overlook what’s gone earlier than and show the membership had been proper to maintain him round for an additional yr.
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He mentioned: “Celtic, by giving him one other yr, are displaying they consider in him. That is unbelievable and now Leigh must repay that religion and to get himself one other yr at Celtic after which one other yr after that.
“Leigh has this chance now and I simply hope he takes it.
“If he can get again to his outdated ranges, and Celtic play in a means that will get the most effective out of him, then he can get again to being the membership’s essential striker.”
“The slate has been cleaned. My understanding is that the brand new Celtic supervisor needs to work with and enhance gamers.
“He is an effective folks’s particular person and has empathy there. Now the chance is there for Leigh.
“I don’t assume this boy is coming with any preconceived concepts.
“He would have had a giant say in Leigh getting this extra yr. Ange could have talked to folks and completed his homework and he’ll then have made the ultimate choice.
“The truth he has received one other yr implies that the brand new supervisor has seen one thing in Leigh and that must be a constructive or they wouldn’t have given him one other contract.”
If Griffiths can get himself at peak health, then McGhee believes he might simply change the targets Celtic might doubtlessly lose if Odsonne Edouard strikes on.
“It is as much as Leigh now to present himself a unbelievable pre-season and to get himself match and to place himself into rivalry,” the Stockport assistant claimed.
“When Celtic are dominating video games and creating possibilities then that’s when Leigh is in his ingredient.
“He comes alive in and across the field. A match Leigh will convert extra possibilities than anyone else.
“If he’s on the prime of his sport then he’s simply a 25 to 30 objective striker within the Celtic group. If he isn’t on the prime of his sport then he gained’t, it’s now as much as him.”
