Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths aiming to join 100 club next season

Leigh Griffiths is aiming to reach a century of Celtic goals next season as he looks to join an elite band of strikers.

The Scotland international claimed a clean-sweep of individual prizes last term after his incredible 40-goal campaign.

That now puts the 25-year-old, who joined the Hoops from Wolves in January 2014, on 67 goals for the champions and he is edging ever closer to the 100-goal milestone.

If he can reach three figures he would become the first inductee into an exclusive club - which includes the likes of Henrik Larsson, Jimmy McGrory and Bobby Lennox - since John Hartson 11 years ago.

Team-mate Kris Commons is just nine shy of the ton and Griffiths is hopeful both can reach the mark under new boss Brendan Rodgers next season.

Griffiths, who is contracted to the club until at least 2021, told the Celtic website: "Kris is closer to 100 than me but if I can keep having a consistent run in the team like I did last season then I'm confident of getting there. 

"Obviously to join the 100 club would make me among an elite band of players and hopefully I can start making a name for myself.

"It's always nice to have a good relationship with the fans as you don't want to have them on your back and the only way I can keep that relationship going is by performing on the park and scoring goals.

"It's nice that I have managed to change people's minds. I had a few ups and downs but last season there were a lot of ups and hopefully that will continue."

Before returning to Lennoxtown for pre-season training on June 20, Griffiths aims to keep an eye on England's performance at Euro 2016.

Scotland will face Roy Hodgson's side during their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup and Griffiths said: "I will watch a few of the games and maybe see how England get on.

"We have them in the qualifying campaign coming up so it will be interesting to see how they get on but I think Germany will win it."