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.
Scott Brown's Jeremie Frimpong demand to Celtic staff that sparked meteoric Hoops rise
dailyrecord.co.ukJeremie Frimpong was so impressive in his early Celtic training sessions that Scott Brown urged Neil Lennon to start him. The right-back has been a huge success for the club since joining from Manchester City last summer and has quickly made himself a first pick in the Hoops squad.He was initially signed as a development player but Morgan admits that the whole squad was hugely impressed by him in his early appearances.The 19-year-old added a new dimension to Celtic's attack with his runs from deep and he's started this season impressively as well.
And Morgan has told the story of his early days at Celtic and he can't believe Manchester City let him go. Speaking to Si Ferry on Open Goal, he said: "He’s exactly what Man City would want in a.
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