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Leigh Griffiths could find himself in hot water with the SFA after it emerged the striker liked a derogatory tweet aimed at Alex McLeish .

The Celtic star dropped out of the Scotland squad to face Israel and Portugal this week to "work on his fitness".

Griffiths was dropped from the side that beat Albania 2-0 at Hampden last month and was unhappy that McLeish named Steven Naismith his first-choice striker afterwards.

The 28-year-old said on Monday that his withdrawal had nothing to do with the snub and insisted he would return to the fold.

But he could have questions to answer from Hampden bosses after the post surfaced online, in which Twitter user @gcfcjohn also referred to Naismith as a "dirty git".

It read: "The ****** **** has said has said that dirty git Naismith is now first choice for Scotland and Griff needs to prove otherwise. Haw @leighgriff09 - tell him to ram it, and tell Jamesie to tell him too"

Griffiths spoke out on Monday night following online speculation he'd thrown a strop over potentially being left out again for the clash with Israel.

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He launched an impassioned defence of his commitment to the cause and said he hadn't "taken the huff".

He said: "Playing for Scotland still means the world to me.

“I’m hugely patriotic and passionate about representing my country.

“Despite what some people will think, I have not taken the huff about potentially sitting on the bench over in Israel."