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 sends cryptic message as Celtic transfer target returns for Brighton pre-season
dailyrecord.co.ukShane Duffy has returned to pre-season training with Brighton - but immediately hinted his time is running out at the club. The centre back is likely to leave during the transfer window with Adam Webster, Ben White, Lewis Dunk and summer signing Joel Veltman all in front of him.Neil Lennon has confirmed that he's held preliminary talks with the Republic of Ireland centre back with the club looking to bring him north of the border on loan.
There's also an option of a permanent deal if they can agree a reasonable fee, with Brighton wanting a minimum of £5m for the 28-year-old, who is out of contract next summer.
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