Leigh Griffiths: Former Hibs striker explains search for new club at 'highest level'

The former Hibs stroker striker is a free agent. Last summer he signed a one-year contract extension with Celtic but was released half-way through the campaign after a loan spell with Dundee. The 31-year-old finished the season with Falkirk on a short-term contract.

He scored five times in 29 games but believes he can still get back up the leagues to prove himself again, working hard on getting to his fighting weight with a personal trainer.

The Edinburgh-born striker, who came through the ranks at Leith Athletic, Inch Colts and Hutchison Vale youth teams, will point to a career of 239 goals at club level and another four for Scotland as he claimed to BBC he had "no idea” why no club or manager has taken a chance on him.

“There will be split opinions of, you know, is my career finished and do I need to drop down the leagues and play non-league or can I still cut it at the highest level," he said.

"For me, I can still cut it at the highest level and I still fully believe that and it's about getting that chance to prove myself again.

"I keep saying over the years that I need to prove myself to people who keep doubting me and it seems nowadays there's more and more. But nobody will be more thrilled to do it than me.

"It's about getting that chance and finding a manager that believes I can still cut it.”

Griffiths has not ruled out making the move abroad.

He has spent his career in the UK with two spells at Dundee, Hibs, Wolves, Livingston and Celtic where he won a raft of trophies. In the 2015/16 campaign he scored 40 of his 123 Celtic goals.

"You need to look at every option," he said. “It's a dog eat dog world and everybody's fighting to get the best club and best contract they can and I'm no different.

"A lot of things