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 shot down a journalist for trying to tease out his intentions for new bhoy Diego Laxalt on Saturdy. The left-back was signed on deadline day in a season long loan deal from Serie A giants AC Milan.
The Hoops boss was asked if he'd have an qualms about throwing in the star for a debut against Rangers and the Northern Irishman grinned as he offered his response. "I'm not going to tell you that" he asserted, "You know better than that!Asked if the Uruguayan star would be fit enough to play if required he responded in the affirmative but refused to give any more information away.
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