The Neil Lennon text that went unanswered as Leigh Griffiths claims former Celtic boss snubbed good luck message

Leigh Griffiths admits he has failed in an attempt to mend his shattered relationship with Neil Lennon.

A war of words erupted between the pair during the Irishman’s ill-fated last season as Celtic boss with claims the striker snubbed the offer of lockdown training sessions.

But Griffiths revealed Lennon has still to return a good luck message he sent after his old gaffer took up a post as head coach with Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia.

And he believes any hope of mending the feud is gone.

Griff said: “From his point of view I think that’s the case.

“I sent him a text when he got his new job. I said I was delighted to see him back in football and hoped it was going to be successful for him.

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“I’m still waiting on a text back. That’s on Lenny’s part, I have no bad words to say about any manager I played under and that stands for Lenny. It’s not my thing, football is a short career and you never know what’s around the corner.

“I’ve always been told not to hold grudges, don’t hold on to bad blood.

“All of the managers I played under can tell different stories about me but at one time or another they relied on me.”

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