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.
Philip Zinckernagel delivers bold Celtic transfer claim as winger insists Watford are a 'bigger club'
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic as he revisited his summer transfer snub. The attacker signed for the Hornets on a Bosman from Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt in January but has claimed Neil Lennon wanted to sign him at that time.
In the end the 26-year-old opted for the English second tier and will be playing in the Premier League next season after winning promotion.
Following the end of the campaign, Zinckernagel took part in a fan Q&A session where he was put on the spot about his move to Watford.He was asked if it it true Celtic wanted to sign him and about interest from other clubs.The Danish youth cap responded: “We never got close to signing any deal with Celtic, but there was a lot of talking and a lot of interest, so it was something that I had to consider,.
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