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.
Albian Ajeti makes Celtic fitness promise as new boy admits West Ham barren spell toll
dailyrecord.co.ukAlbian Ajeti has vowed to get up to speed quickly to help Neil Lennon ride out the storm following their Euro exit.The Swiss striker is frustrated at the lack of match fitness that prevented him from starting the midweek Champions League defeat to Ferencvaros.Ajeti came off the bench for the final 12 minutes but was unable to rescue the Hoops as he did four days earlier when the substitute netted the winner against Dundee United.The 23-year-old £5million man was a big miss with Odsonne Edouard injured and Lennon opting not to start Patryk Klimala in such a huge game.Ryan Christie, who netted the equaliser in the 2-1 loss, was instead deployed as a makeshift frontman.Ajeti’s last start came for West Ham United seven months ago but he is.
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