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.
Ange Postecoglou insists a winter training-camp will be like gold for Celtic.And the Parkhead manager is already putting transfer plans in place to try and ensure his squad is fully tooled-up when they get there.For five years since first going under Brendan Rodgers, Celtic headed to the Middle East and Dubai for their warm-weather gathering during the mid-season shutdown.The most-recent trip 11 months ago, however, turned into a nightmare.Controversy raged over their decision to even travel during the Covid crisis and cases and contacts upon return played havoc with team selections for Neil Lennon, who was also confined to his house and unable to be with his remaining troops at training for a spell due to pandemic rules.Get all the latest
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