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.
Callum McGregor suffers Celtic mishap as Nir Bitton 'hammer' leaves star in need of protective measure
dailyrecord.co.ukCallum McGregor is set to face Livingston wearing protective strapping on his arm after an unfortunate incident involving Nir Bitton.
Neil Lennon revealed the Israeli "absolutely hammered" the ball at his team-mate from close range during Sunday's Scottish Cup win over St Johnstone.
And it's left McGregor in some discomfort ahead of Wednesday's trip to Livi. But Lennon expects to the midfielder to shrug off the knock with the aid of a cast.
The Celtic boss said: "Callum is going to be in a plastic cast of some sort. "Nir Bitton absolutely hammered the ball at him from five yards away."He came legging it over and said he needed a caffeine shot."He was feeling a little bit of discomfort in it this morning, but he should be ok."Lennon also
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