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.
Ismaila Soro's bundle of Celtic joy snap as new cult hero brings life to flagging season
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon failing to try something different From 3-5-2 to 4-2-3-1, Tom Rogic at a No.10, Albian Ajeti and Patryk Klimala earning chances, the Irishman did try and find solutions to the glaring problems on the pitch.
But the introduction of pocket rocket Ismaila Soro has really worked and the Ivory Coast star has been pivotal in the wins over Lille and Kilmarnock.
The 22-year-old is everywhere on the pitch and his energy burst coupled with David Turnbul l's classy contribution has helped Celtic massively.
But lets get one thing clear, Soro is no water carrier, his telling forward passes have been a highlight of the past 180 minutes.
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