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 in Kris Ajer warning as Celtic boss responds to Milan transfer speculation
dailyrecord.co.ukAjer, amid speculation linking him with Milan, Lennon insisted: "Nothing. "It's disappointing on the day of the game that this comes out, because that can be unsettling for the player, but I thought particularly second half he had a real strong game, and we don't want to sell him."I'm not convinced £14m would cut it anyway." Despite going top of the Premiership Celtic endured a nervy finish after Livingston brought it back to 3-2 with 12 minutes remaining at Parkhead.
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