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 fired Europa League qualification transfer warning as 'big sale' predicted ahead of deadline
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic could be forced to sell one of their top players if they suffer a shock Europa League exit on Thursday night. Neil Lennon insists that none of his stars will go before Monday's deadline and also claimed that such an event wouldn't have an effect on his budget for bringing anyone in the door.
But Naismith feels that history shows Celtic would get rid of one of their players to make up for the money that won't be coming in from European competition.
They crashed out of the Champions League in a shock defeat to Ferencvaros and defeat to Sarajevo would be unthinkable for the club.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk