Former Celtic star claims 'powers that be' blocked Parkhead return despite Neil Lennon request

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Neil Lennon wanting to hire him.The former Celtic striker insists his old team-mate had lined up a role on his backroom staff to aid with recruitment last season.But there was no place found for the 50-year-old and Nick Hammond was later hired as head of football operations.Johnson, who signed for Celtic in 1997 and left in 2001, believes Lennon would have reaped the benefits of a familiar face on his dugout team.Now head of recruitment at Blackpool, Johnson told the Celtic Huddle podcast: "Obviously there has been rumours in the past, I was.

I did actually go up and meet Peter Lawwell twice, Lenny wanted to bring me in last year but the powers that be made the decision not to, shall I say."Yeah, everybody knows that once you have played.