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's Celtic transfer pact revealed as Neil Lennon eyes up key January arrival
dailyrecord.co.ukOdsonne Edouard in the January sales as the Frenchman is priceless when it comes to the Premiership push.The Serie A giants have stuck the striker on their transfer target short list – with a hitman a top priority given Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s injury problems this season.Edouard has been flagged up following his impressive goal scoring display in Celtic’s 4-2 defeat at San Siro in the Europa League earlier this month on the back of a hot streak for France under 21s.The £9m former PSG poacher is understood to be one of three main frontmen on Milan’s radar – along with Real Madrid’s Luca Jovic and Genoa’s Gianluca Scamacca, who is on loan at Sassuolo.Celtic have held talks with Edouard and his representatives and there is an agreement to cash in.
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