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.
Neil Lennon but insists his press conference rant WASN'T due to the Dubai trip. The former Hearts boss has had his fair share of verbal battles with the former Hibs man but nothing on the scale of Tuesday's tirade.
The Celtic manager slammed the media, pundits and the Scottish Government as he issued a robust defence of the winter training camp.
Levein is no stranger to a fiery press conference himself and he admits to feeling some sympathy for his former sparring partner.
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