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 take on Hibs with half a team and a stand-in manager after their now infamous trip to Dubai ended in disaster. The first hint of uproar came back in November, when the Easter Road club were left "fizzing" after the game was moved back 48 hours to this very Monday night.
The reasoning behind the change was that Parkhead manager Neil Lennon wanted to take his players to the Emirati city for a season-reviving warm weather training camp.
Now he won't even be in the dugout. Lennon, two other members of staff and a total of 13 players have been forced into self-isolation after Christopher Jullien tested positive for the virus upon his return from the UAE.
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