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's Europa League opponents profiled as Zlatan and Milan headline tough group
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League draw despite being top seeds, including a trip to San Siro to face Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Milan. The Premiership champions secured their place in the group stage with a 1-0 win over Sarajevo on Thursday night and thanks to results elsewhere were bumped up to pot one for the draw.
That would have given Neil Lennon hope of a manageable group but Celtic were handed a set of tricky opponents in Group H. First and foremost are seven-time European champions Milan, who were in pot three after a period out of European competition.
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