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.
Eddie Howe 'set' for Newcastle job as former Celtic target takes advantage of Unai Emery collapse
dailyrecord.co.ukEddie Howe is now Newcastle 's main target to succeed Steve Bruce after talks with Unai Emery dramatically collapsed. The Englishman has been out of work since leaving Bournemouth at the beginning of last season.
He was in advanced talks to succeed Neil Lennon at Celtic but things went south late in the day with the Hoops instead appointing Ange Postecoglou.
Howe has been in the frame for the St James' Park gig ever since the Saudi Arabian PIF assumed control of the club from Mike Ashley.But they instead focused all their efforts on appointing former Arsenal boss Emery, currently in charge at Villarreal.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of
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