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.
Shane Duffy seals Celtic move as defender given all-clear ahead of dream loan switch
dailyrecord.co.ukShane Duffy, after the centre-back signed off on his loan move to Parkhead. The defender will join up with Neil Lennon ’s side when he returns from Republic of Ireland duty next week, having agreed his temporary switch from Brighton.
The 28-year-old was expected to seal the deal in Scotland but had to do the deal remotely because he would have broken Ireland ’s COVID-19 squad bubble had he travelled from Glasgow.
Duffy got the all-clear from his medical on Tuesday morning and completed the paperwork before flying out to Sofia with his Irish team-mates, as they prepare to take on Bulgaria in Thursday’s Nations League clash.Duffy will then return to Ireland for Sunday’s home clash with Finland before he heads to Glasgow.
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