Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Celtic are interested in bringing Reading winger Michael Olise and Hearts kid Aaron Hickey to Parkhead. Neil Lennon has already started planning his playing squad for next season after winning the club's ninth consecutive title earlier this week.
Now the manager is looking for ample reinforcements to help Celtic reach the fabled 10 In A Row in 2020/21. And teenagers Olise and Hickey, according to the Scottish Daily Mail, are both on Lennon's radar.
Olise, 18, has been capped for France at youth level and regularly featured for the Championship club before the coronavirus shutdown.The winger spent time in the academies of Chelsea and Manchester City before his Madejski Stadium breakthrough.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to
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