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.
Eddie Howe will not be the club's next manager.After months of prolonged talks the deal to bring the former Bournemouth boss across the border broke down at the 11th hour on Friday afternoon.Speculation abounds as to the reasons behind the sudden collapse.But all that's for certain is Dermot Desmond, Dominic McKay and the rest of the Parkhead hierarchy will now have to turn to plan B to find Neil Lennon's successor - and they have now admitted the focus has turned to other candidates.In a statement they insist the breakdown is due to reasons outwith the control of both Howe and the club - and also claimed they allowed him more time than usual as he'd previously intimated he wasn't ready to return to management until the summer.The statement.
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