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.
Harry Redknapp has playfully responded to the Celtic vacancy when he was asked if he would like to succeed Neil Lennon. The legendary manager remains invested in the beautiful game and has never completely shut the door on making a return to the dugout.
The 74-year-old hasn't managed since a brief stay with Birmingham in 2017 but couldn't hide his enthusiasm when Alan Brazil if he would be up for a switch to Celtic.
Speaking to talkSPORT, he said: "Oh, I'd love it! What a job that is."Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm,.
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