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.
Kris Commons has urged Celtic to rediscover their "swagger" after claiming watching the current side has become a chore. The 37-year-old has also pleaded with his former boss Neil Lennon to switch things up ahead of their crunch Europa League playoff clash away to Sarajevo.
The Celtic manager was left purring after his side's 3-0 win over Hibs and described it as "the best of the season and one of the best of my time as manager, first or second time around." But Commons reckons there were serious flaws during their battling 1-0 win away to Riga as they needed a last-gasp winner from Moi Elyounoussi to qualify.Speaking in his Daily Mail column, he said: "They got the job done in the end.
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