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 sighted as Celtic next manager target makes live punditry appearance
dailyrecord.co.ukEddie Howe was on the punditry circuit on Sunday. The 43-year-old is hot favourite to become the next Celtic boss having held talks with the Parkhead club last week.It's understood Howe knocked back the chance to take over at Sheffield United and another unnamed Premier League side with a manager still in place as he held out for an offer from the fallen champions.Howe is right in the mix to succeed Neil Lennon but his TV appearance this weekend suggests an announcement isn't quite imminent just yet.
He was drafted in to provide analysis for English top flight clashes, appearing on various channels for Aston Villa vs Fulham and Manchester United vs Brighton.
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