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 can now help him scale dizzy heights at Celtic. The Pole needed just four minutes to open his account for the season after climbing off the bench to complete the scoring in the 5-1 flag day romp over Hamilton Accies last week.
Hat-trick hero Edouard made way for the 22-year-old with the Frenchman’s work for the afternoon already done as he kicked off the season with a bang.
Klimala admitted hot property Edouard’s sizzling form means it will be difficult to dislodge him as Neil Lennon’s first-choice striker.
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