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 reveals Celtic dressing room inquest as he puts 3 questions to under-fire flops
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has insisted he’s the man to haul Celtic out of turmoil and his players have the “minerals” to do it. The Parkhead manager is adamant he can turn the tide and says he was left scratching his head at how his side succumbed to a second-straight 4-1 Europa League pasting by Sparta Prague.
Celtic collapsed again after Odsonne Edouard ’s opener to crash spectacularly out of Europe. Lennon revealed he and the players had an open floor in the dressing room afterwards to try and make sense of the latest nightmare.Celtic have won just two of their last nine games, but defiant Lennon is convinced his team will get back on track and believes that he is the individual to make it happen.He said: “Of course I do.
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