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's Celtic press conference in full as boss snaps back at fan question over form
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon bristled at a supporter question about their disappointing start to the year insisting there has been "mitigating" circumstances.
At his press conference today Lennon was asked by a Celtic fan podcaster about the run of four games without a win, leaving the side 23 points behind runaway leaders Rangers.
However, Lennon pointed to the Covid woes since the return from Dubai as the reason for the slump. With Jeremie Frimpong nearing the exit door at Parkhead and plenty of suitors named to take over as gaffer, it was another interesting media day for Lennon.
Here's every word from his press conference ahead of the clash with Hamilton."Yeah, alright, absolutely fine. We've had a good weeks training so we're very much looking forward.
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