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 vows he’ll pull out the stops to secure a key behind-the-scenes role for Scott Brown to prepare him as a future Celtic manager.Club captain Brown will be offered a coaching job at Parkhead as soon as he decides to hang up his boots.The 34-year-old’s current deal is set to expire next summer after 14 years’ exemplary service as a player.And Hoops boss Lenny recognises Broony has all the qualities to be a major figure in the dugout for the club.He said: “As far as I am concerned when he stops playing there will be a coaching role for Scott at the Premiership champions.“I would offer him something straight away.
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