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.
Juan Agudelo reveals Celtic agony as MLS star recalls near-miss move to Parkhead
dailyrecord.co.ukAmerican international Juan Agudelo has revealed just how close he was to joining Celtic in 2012.The striker had a trial with the Hoops during the Major League Soccer close season.Manager Neil Lennon intimated that he'd like to sign the 20-year-old but ultimately a deal could not be reached.That's just one of several failed moves, with a switch to Liverpool also collapsing.
He told the official MLS website : "I had three situations where (transfers) were scratched. 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, giving you a round up
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