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.
The Celtic transfer state of play and the 3 areas Neil Lennon will look to strengthen
dailyrecord.co.ukShane Duffy is the man who set a thousand "bring him home" tweets sailing towards the official Celtic account this summer and it's understood he's well on his way to docking at Parkhead on-loan.
But with signing season set to run all the way until October it's unlikely the Brighton defender will be the last Lennoxtown arrival before deadline day.
Boli Bolingoli's prospects as Celtic 's long-term left-back were already bleak before his adventure to Spain and while Lennon stopped short of declaring his Parkhead career over, it's difficult to envisage a way back for the Belgian.
It leaves Greg Taylor as Celtic's only recognised option in a position that flip-flops between traditional full-back and a more advanced wing-back role.Despite a tidy.
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