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 trolled for Dubai trip as Russian giants take aim over training camp controversy
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic after their training trip to Dubai, as they themselves jetted out to the Middle East for some warm weather training of their own.
The Premiership champions obtained permission in November to carry out their traditional winter training camp but came under fire for the decision to travel.
It came after defeat to Rangers in the second Old Firm derby of the season days before the country entered into a period of strict lockdown.
Upon their return defender Christopher Jullien tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the rearranged clash with Hibs. And after contact tracing a further 13 players plus manager Neil Lennon and assistant manager John Kennedy were told to self-isolate.
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