Stephen Welsh in Neil Lennon Celtic legacy aim as defender opens up on pain of seeing mentor leave

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Neil Lennon did for his career.But, with the old gaffer gone, the young stopper is now hoping two former defensive talents in the shape of John Kennedy and Stephen McManus will help him push onto the next stage of his development at Celtic.Welsh is indebted to the faith shown in him by Lennon.The former boss handed him a Parkhead first-team debut just over a year ago at Hamilton.He dished out a second start at the beginning of this campaign in the biggest domestic game of the lot against Rangers.Days later, Lennon trusted Welsh to go in against AC Milan in the Europa League.

Lennon is no longer in the building, but his confidence in Welsh looks like being well placed with the youngster stepping up to the plate in recent weeks to keep Shane.