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.
Neil Lennon and the 3 words Celtic need to hear as Simon Jordan offers 'harden resolve' advice
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon and back the manager if he feels he can turn things around. The Betfred Cup holders were dumped out by Ross County on Sunday, going down 2-0 to end their run of 35 successive undefeated cup ties.That brought furious protests outside Celtic Park, with supporters clashing with police as they urged the board to take action.
But Jordan, who has been in the position in which Peter Lawwell and the Celtic board now find themselves, insists that shouldn't come into their thinking.
Speaking to talkSPORT, he said: "The questions is this: it's not whether he's resilient, it's whether he can turn this around." I certainly, if I was Peter Lawwell, wouldn't be taking him out of this job because of (this).
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