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 Leigh Griffiths decision questioned as pundit makes claim over solo training
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon could be making the wrong choice by leaving Leigh Griffiths at home instead of taking him to France. The Celtic star has been left to train himself at Lennoxtown after returning to pre-season training following lockdown while not in peak condition.
But Rankin believes Celtic would be have been better served keeping him amongst the group and forcing him to do extra training rather than punishing him.
Rankin, who recently retired after a spell at Clyde, believes the lockdown period when Griffiths had to train on his own didn't help him and was probably the reason behind his lack of fitness.
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