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Neil Lennon

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.

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'He was 18 and ... wow' - Man City striker Erling Haaland ready for Liverpool FC duel with Virgil van Dijk

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Neil Lennon is the manager who launched Virgil van Dijk's career in British football and he's struggled to ever find fault with the central defender, but this weekend he might well meet his match.

Lennon has had a significant impact on the Liverpool centre-back after signing him for Celtic from Groningen in 2013, but the Northern Irishman has had a close view of Erling Haaland as well.

He was managing Hibs in the Europa League when they were paired with Molde in a qualifying round in August 2018, losing the second leg 3-0 thanks to two goals from a certain Norwegian striker. READ MORE: Solving Foden conundrum key to City ending Liverpool run at Anfield "I managed Hibs when we played Molde in the Europa League when Ole was manager.

Haaland played in the second game, he was only 18 and you thought “Wow”," said Lennon. "Even then, me and Garry (Parker, Hibs' assistant manager), Garry could see a player and said he was unbelievable.

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