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.
Charlie Nicholas believes "crumbling" Celtic need a revolution and chief executive Peter Lawwell should leave the club amid their nightmare season.The Hoops have lurched from crisis to crisis and Monday's 1-1 draw with Hibs minus 13 players and manager Neil Lennon leaves them 21 points behind Rangers.Celtic's controversial trip to Dubai looks to have all but ended their dreams of claiming Ten In A Row in the wake of Christopher Jullien's positive Covid test.But Nicholas is adamant the current problems at Parkhead run much deeper than the current nightmare season on the pitch and claims principal shareholder Dermot Desmond lacks "interest".The 58-year-old believes the time is now for extreme change to get supporters back onside and avoid.
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