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 looming Celtic transfer scenario I find almost inconceivable - Chris Sutton
dailyrecord.co.ukPremiership campaign kicks off against Hamilton next weekend. Neil Lennon is going to need more than him in the door – much more.By my reckoning he needs at least four more signings and that’s without anyone leaving the building.Elyounoussi is a great one to get.
It’s easy to forget the influence he had on the side for an impressive spell last season before injury basically finished his campaign by December.
When he got his fitness up to top level he was dynamite at times. He has real football intelligence to come in off the side, can work in tight areas centrally and has energy.The eye for a goal was shown by seven in eight games last term and he also creates openings for team-mates.
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