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.
Paris Saint-Germain will get even better - despite firing in 16 goals in two friendly matches. Neil Lennon's side take on the Ligue 1 champions at the Parc des Princes and they prepared for the friendly by beating Waasland-Beveren 7-0 on Friday night.That followed a 9-0 demolition of Le Havre, managed by former Rangers boss Paul Le Guen.
Now Brazilian superstar Neymar, who netted in the win against the Belgian side, has insisted they won't take their foot off the gas against Celtic, after admitting he was concerned that he might pick up an injury because of the physical approach taken by Waasland-Beveren.
Neymar said: "Yes we were a little scared. We are here for a friendly match so those types of things should not have been happening.
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