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.
Celtic was not an easy one, but explains Bayern Munich offered him the right "pathway". Former manager Neil Lennon included the promising centre-back in his squad for pre-season ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.
At the age of just 16 he appeared in some pre-season friendlies but Morrison caught the eye of one of the European football 's giants.
He was prized away by perennial Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich to play in their youth system, with fellow Celtic youth Barry Hepburn later joining him.
And while first team football may have been easier to come by at Parkhead, Morrison says the detailed pathway laid out convinced him to move to Bavaria.He said on the Rising Ballers Instagram page: "My journey so far has been great.
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