Leigh Griffiths takes on Kris Boyd as Rangers hero branded 'a hypocrite' in stinging blast

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Leigh Griffiths has slammed Scottish football’s hate-filled rumour mill and labelled Kris Boyd “a hypocrite”. The former Celtic striker took aim at the Sky Sports pundit for personal attacks, both on air and in a weekly newspaper column, as well as shooting down malicious stories which have circulated about his own private life.

In an astonishingly frank and honest account of his eight years as a Hoops player, the current Falkirk hitman told MailSport admits he’s become an easy target for the critics.

But Griffiths insists Boyd has been too desperate to put the boot in as he reignited a running feud between the pair which saw the former Rangers goal machine banned by Dundee last September for comments made about the dark blues loan star which he believes crossed a red line.

He said: “I know the backlash I’m going to get from this article, I know what Scottish football is like.“Other managers and pundits will come out and say, ‘Leigh never did this right and never did that right.”Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.“They are only saying that now as they want to stay relevant.“They want to make a name for themselves, I get that and I get guys like Kris Boyd.“But why don’t they just allow me to play football without trying to embarrass me?“I