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 sees Celtic psychological boost in Reykjavik thrashing as he issues transfer update
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic team needed after an enforced break, as he shrugged off transfer talk. With the departure of Jozo Simunovic a new centre-back is expected to come in, and talks have taken place with Shane Duffy.
But asked on on BBC Radio Scotland about his defensive options Lennon said: "We’ll see. "It’s given us a bit of breathing space but I’m happy with the squad, we just need a few of them to get up to speed."But for where we are at the minute we’re doing okay." The Hoops thrashed Reykjavik in their Champions League first qualifying round to set up a tie with either Djurgardens or Ferencvaros.
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