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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic could do with some new additions to revive their season and a centre-back is high on Neil Lennon's list of targets. Filip Benkovic won't be returning to Parkhead but Motherwell star Declan Gallagher has been scouted.
They will, at least, be able to keep Shane Duffy as Nottingham Forest cool their interest in the on-loan Brighton man. That being said, Kristoffer Ajer and AC Milan is a story that just won't go away.
Rangers look set to add Scott Wright to their ranks as they close in on the title and Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes has revealed talks are ongoing.
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