Brendan Rodgers reveals Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths to take time away from football to deal with personal issues

Brendan Rodgers reveals Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths to take time away from football to deal with personal issues
Leigh Griffiths is taking a break from football to seek help for “ongoing issues”, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has said.The Hoops striker, who recently returned from illness and injury, came off the bench in the 5-1 Scottish Premiership win over Kilmarnock at the weekend but missed training on Wednesday morning.2

Leigh Griffiths will spend some time away from the game

Rodgers, speaking ahead ofCeltic’s Europa League Group B clash with Salzburg at Parkhead on Thursday night, has now revealed that Griffiths is dealing with problems in his personal life and will spend an indefinite time away from the club.“Leigh will be taken out of football now for a little period of time,” he said.“Leigh has had ongoing issues now for a number of months and he has done amazing to play to the level and score some of the goals he has.“But he has reached the point where it is a struggle for him and we are going to give him all the professional help that he possibly needs to get himself into a good place again. But in order to do that. He needs to find a happiness.“He is a father of five children, he is a great guy but football and life is tough for him. So we want to help him with that and we will let you know another time when he is back.”2

Leigh Griffiths has scored six goals in 17 appearances this season

Asked if it was more than a physical injury, Rodgers said: “Yes it has been ongoing in my time here with Leigh.“I am very close with him, we have a very strong relationship and he has had a number of issues around outside of the football environment and thankfully for him, the issues there is great support out there and it is no longer a weakness now to talk.”

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