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 touted for post Celtic role as Ireland legend sends out SOS after Luxembourg shocker
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon as a replacement. The 49-year-old is under heavy pressure after overseeing one of the country's worst-ever defeats on Saturday night when Luxembourg turned over the hosts at the Aviva Stadium 1-0.
Former Under-21 manager Kenny took over from Mick McCarthy last year but got off to a poor start as his side fell to a penalty shootout defeat against Slovakia in the Euro 2020 playoff semi-final.
Things haven't got much better since then and he is still winless as Ireland boss after 10 games, although there is a general acceptance that the current pool of players is one of the country's worst in many a year.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of.
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