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.
Odsonne Edouard Celtic transfer price flip as Arsenal leapfrogged by Premier League pair
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard before the close of the transfer window. Celtic boss Neil Lennon is desperate for his talisman to stay and the Premiership champions are preparing to offer him a new deal to silence growing speculation.
Edouard netted in consecutive games for France U21s and will return to Glasgow ahead of Saturday's showdown with Ross County.Arsenal have been long-term leaders with oddsmakers to land the Paris Saint-Germain academy graduate and were as short as 5/2 back in July but are now 9/1 in some markets.
Leicester City are now favourites in the market at odds of 4/1 with Aston Villa (7/1) and Tottenham (8/1) also seeing their odds shortening.
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