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.
Hibs close in on new manager as talks with number one target move forward
dailyrecord.co.ukHibs have identified their number one manager target and are pushing ahead with a bid to have Jack Ross’ successor in place as soon as possible.
But whether that comes in time for Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup Final remains in doubt with just five days to go until Sunday’s Hampden showdown with Celtic.Hibs chief Ben Kensell has held talks with the preferred candidate and told fans on Tuesday he was hopeful the process was “coming to a conclusion”.
Former boss Neil Lennon is not being considered while other hotly-tipped names Derek McInnes and Alex Neil have also been ruled out. Record Sport revealed last week that interim boss David Gray would not be throwing his hat in the ring for the job on a permanent basis while Academy Director Steve
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