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 fired up for Celtic return as Neil Lennon lays bare logic behind striker's rest
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard is itching to get at Riga.The Celtic gaffer says his French striker is refreshed and raring to go in Thursday’s Europa League crunch.Edouard was left out of last weekend’s Premiership game against Livingston having told the boss he felt fatigued, but the 22-year-old is back at full pelt ahead of the tie in Latvia.Lennon said: “He’s trained well the last couple of days and he’s looking forward to playing.“He’s itching to play.
To be fair, all of them are.“We have a lot of games and, sometimes, you have to listen to where the player is coming from.“He missed a couple of games, came back in and three games in a week might have been too much for him.“We made the right decision.
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