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.
Chris Sutton issues Leigh Griffiths 'unprofessional' lament as Celtic legend fires Patryk Klimala warning
dailyrecord.co.ukLeigh Griffiths of letting down Neil Lennon with his lack of professionalism in lockdown.Hitman Griffiths has been left behind at Lennoxtown to work on his fitness while the squad head to France to take on Lyon, Nice and PSG in friendlies.Boss Lennon is understood to be furious with the frontman’s condition and has ordered him to get up to speed at home.Parkhead legend Sutton has hailed Griffiths for overcoming his issues in the past to play a starring role in the title run-in last term.But he insists the striker has let the side down by letting his fitness slide during the shutdown.Sutton said: “Everyone knows the hard yards you need to go through in lockdown – there are no excuses.
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