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 holds Celtic debrief with Dermot Desmond but under-fire boss insists there's nothing to see
dailyrecord.co.ukDermot Desmond following Celtic's Europa League catastrophe. But the manager insists that's nothing out of the ordinary.Lennon 's side were thumped 4-1 by underdogs Sparta Prague at Celtic Park on Thursday to leave their knockout stage ambitions in tatters.
The under-fire boss checked in with Parkhead supremo Desmond but refused to disclose details of their chat.Lennon said: “I’ve spoken to Dermot since Thursday but it was a private conversation.“I speak to him twice a week so it was no different to any other week.”Celtic face Motherwell at Fir Park on Sunday aiming to claw back nine points on league leaders Rangers.
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