The Scottish international was reminded on Thursday that he is not alone as he steps away from football for a while in order to tackle some mental issues that he has encountered over the last few months, as reported by BBC Sport.
The Celtic fans showed that they are fully with their striking talisman, unraveling a banner in their Europa League fixture against Red Bull Salzburg, which said: "It's ok not to be ok".
The Celtic player will take some time away from football to try and get back to a good place, as Celtic's manager, Brendan Rodgers said in a press conference on Wednesday,
The support that Griffiths has been shown over the last few days has been immense, and I completely agree with Rodgers when he said that such people should be cared for immensely.
Griffiths has since spoken out and has expressed his thanks towards the Celtic fans for the wonderful banner that they showed on Thursday night, saying that he vows to "come back as soon as possible, a better and stronger person".
However, Celtic's main rivals, Rangers, have shown much less respect towards Griffiths' decision to step away from football for now, after a video emerged of hundreds of Rangers fans chanting disrespectful songs aimed at the Celtic forward. In my opinion, such acts should be punished, just like what was done for the Chelsea fans who shouted racist words towards Manchester City player, Raheem Sterling, last weekend.
One has to respect a football player from a personal level first before caring about the competitive nature of the sport. Such abuse, like that done by the Rangers fans has no place in football.
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| Celtic fans expressed their support for Griffiths through a banner during the Europa League fixture against Red Bull Salzburg. |
The Celtic fans showed that they are fully with their striking talisman, unraveling a banner in their Europa League fixture against Red Bull Salzburg, which said: "It's ok not to be ok".
The Celtic player will take some time away from football to try and get back to a good place, as Celtic's manager, Brendan Rodgers said in a press conference on Wednesday,
We are going to give him all the professional help he needs to get him back in a good place. He's a great guy but football and life is tough for him right now. We want to help him with that and we'll let you know when he's back. I'm very close with him. We have a strong relationship but he's had number of issues outside of football.Whilst Rodgers declined elaborating on the striker's mental issues, he said that "It's no longer a weakness to talk now", as he encouraged people with such problems to seek help as soon as possible.
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| The striker has had a wonderful time on the pitch ever since Rodgers took over Celtic, with Griffiths becoming the focal point of their attack. |
The support that Griffiths has been shown over the last few days has been immense, and I completely agree with Rodgers when he said that such people should be cared for immensely.
Griffiths has since spoken out and has expressed his thanks towards the Celtic fans for the wonderful banner that they showed on Thursday night, saying that he vows to "come back as soon as possible, a better and stronger person".
However, Celtic's main rivals, Rangers, have shown much less respect towards Griffiths' decision to step away from football for now, after a video emerged of hundreds of Rangers fans chanting disrespectful songs aimed at the Celtic forward. In my opinion, such acts should be punished, just like what was done for the Chelsea fans who shouted racist words towards Manchester City player, Raheem Sterling, last weekend.
One has to respect a football player from a personal level first before caring about the competitive nature of the sport. Such abuse, like that done by the Rangers fans has no place in football.
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