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.
Celtic's ill-fated trip to Dubai was thrust back into the Scottish football limelight on Monday as Neil Lennon, released from isolation, unloaded on the club's critics in a quite extraordinary press conference.The Parkhead boss took aim at the media, Andy Walker, John Hartson and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in a lengthy defence of the decision to travel abroad at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.Lennon and 13 of his players were required to quarantine following Christopher Jullien's positive test and now a further one, unnamed star has also been found to have picked up the virus.Here's every word from one of the most incredible interviews of recent times.A tough two weeks to handle?“Considering I was isolating for 10 days.
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