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 delivers scathing assessment of squad mentality after Champions League exit
dailystar.co.ukCeltic manager Neil Lennon has slammed his squad's mentality after they were eliminated from the Champions League by Hungarian side Ferencvaros.
The Scottish champions lost 2-1 in the second qualifying round and Lennon accused some of his players of not wanting to be at the club.Speaking after the game, Lennon said: "We have to do better.
Get your mentality right, get your attitude right, If some of you don't want to be here, leave. Let us work with players who want to be here."Star striker Odsonne Edouard was absent with a "thigh niggle" but Lennon believes his squad should have won the game anyway."I think we need to freshen it up anyway, we need to freshen the squad up," he told Sportsound.
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