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.
Micah Richards drops cryptic tweet as Roy Keane to Celtic talk intensifies
dailystar.co.ukManchester United legend Roy Keane continues to be linked to the Celtic job.Keane has been out of the dugout for a number of years but could head to Glasgow following the departure of Neil Lennon.The former Celtic midfielder has been a regular on TV screens alongside former Manchester City star Richards this season.Fans love the relationship the pair seem to have in the Sky Sports studio and have tipped Richards to be Keane’s potential assistant.And the ex-defender did nothing to lower that excitement, tweeting a GIF of Steve Carrell in The Office US.The image is captioned: “Oh, my God!
Okay, it’s happening!”Though Richards later added: “Afraid I wouldn’t have any idea on Roy, I always get ‘this call can’t be connected’ whenever I try to.
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