Leigh Griffiths in frank transfer confession and how Celtic mentor Brendan Rodgers would make him feel like Messi

The 31-year-old opened up to Mail Sport last week and has doubled down on his desire to find his next club.

Former Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths insists he will consider a move abroad in a bid to reignite his career.

The 31-year-old opened up to Mail Sport last weekend about his gruelling boxing sessions as he hopes to rewrite the script amid woes on and off the pitch. Griffiths was a star for Celtic and Scotland but his career has spiralled in recent times but he is hell-bent to come back stronger after struggling with Dundee and Falkirk last season.

The man who couldn't stop scoring only bagged five goals in the last campaign, which featured stints in a Premiership relegation battle and struggles in League One. And now the man himself insists nothing is off the table in his search for his next club. Speaking on Sportsound, he said: "Right now I honestly have no idea. There will be split opinion of 'is my career finished, do I need to drop down leagues or can I still cut it at the highest level?'

"For me, I can still cut it at the highest level, I fully believe that, and it's about getting that chance to prove myself again. I've kept saying over the years, but I need keep proving myself to people who keep doubting me, there seems nowadays there's more and more. But nobody will be more thrilled to do it than me, but it's about getting that chance and a manager who fully believes I can still cut it.

"Right now, you have to look at every option, it's a dog eat dog world out there, everyone is fighting for contracts and trying to get the best club they can, and I am no different.

"A lot of things have happened over the last couple of years, clubs might not want to be associated with me but I am just working as tirelessly as I can and get myself in the best shape, ready to go into whatever pre-season clubs are at. Then it's just about trying to hit the ground running, put a smile back on my face and be on the back page for all the right reasons.

"100 per cent (about going abroad), hopefully my agent, who is working extremely hard to get me a club, whether that's here, abroad, or down in England, that's something I've got to consider massively.

"I'm not going to lie, my confidence is lower than a snakes belly at the minute and that's because I'm seeing people going back to training, playing games, being back amongst changing rooms.

"I'm doing my work myself in the gym and then watching Sky Sports news and seeing everyone back for pre-season.

"Hopefully I can get my confidence back because that's when you see the best of me."

And Griffiths fondly recalled his days working under Brendan Rodgers - a manager who knew how to get the best out of a player even when he wasn't playing every week. The striker admits a sitdown with the now Leicester boss would work wonders for his own self belief. He added: "I think everyone loved working with him, first of all his training, at times, players don't want to look forward to training, but every day he had a new idea, everybody was buzzing to get onto the training pitch, work with him, and you can see the football we played in our first two years was outstanding. "But even if you weren't playing and you'd go see him, and ask why you weren't playing, you could go in there feeling very low, but you'd come out feeling like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, that's how you made you feel, I'm thinking 'I'm not even playing and this guy is making me feel unbelievable', you just wanted to go and win for him."

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