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Ben Banks

Celtic hero Leigh Griffiths transfer move squashed as Derry City boss denies James McClean pairing

A move to the League of Ireland for Celtic hero Leigh Griffiths has been shot down after fan assumptions at a skip.

Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins was left bemused when punters told him at a local 'dump' that his clubs had agreed a deal for the striker, with hometown boy and current Wigan star James McClean another rumoured to be supposedly on his way. Griffiths is currently training with Livingston after a turbulent year for the forward who only last year signed a Celtic contract extension.

He's since had mixed spells at Dundee and Falkirk while a short stint in Australia with Mandurah City failed to bring anything longer-term. Rumours have floated on where the forward who scored over 100 times for the Parkhead side could go next, but it won't be to the Republic of Ireland. And he won't have an established international from the country whipping balls into him either.

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