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.
Celtic as the defender with years of Premier League experience arrived north of the border. His time at Celtic under Neil Lennon is one Duffy will be hoping to quickly forget having returned to his parent club, Brighton.
He has already got off to a fast start on the south coast with Brighton having won their opening two matches of the season thus far, with a 2-1 away victory at Burnley and a 2-0 home victory against Watford.Duffy played the full 90 minutes in both matches as Graham Potter's side make a 100% start to their league campaign.
Former Premier League star and now Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp believes that Duffy has got the capabilities to prove everyone wrong from his failed time in the Scottish Premiership at Celtic.
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