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 given Zlatan Ibrahimovic reprieve as Milan star set to miss Europa League clash
dailyrecord.co.ukZlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday as the Milan star battles back from a muscular problem. Neil Lennon's side visit San Siro for their penultimate Europa League group game having already been eliminated from the competition.
However, there are still coefficient points to play for, with Scotland currently in position to secure an automatic group stage place for 2021-22.
That would mean the Premiership champions avoiding the lengthy qualification process that has tripped Celtic up in recent seasons.
And hopes of a result in Milan have been boosted by the likely absence of Serie A top-scorer Ibrahimovic. The 39-year-old suffered a hamstring injury after bagging a brace against Napoli last weekend and sat out the draw with Lille.Asked about the.
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