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 take on Livingston later today badly in need of three points - but they're also in real need of some inspiration in the market.
Neil Lennon is targeting a centre-back but with a return for Filip Benkovic out of reach - he joined Belgian side Leuven on-loan - he'll have to look elsewhere.
Motherwell's Declan Gallagher has been scouted as a potential option. It seems the Parkhead club will hold on to Shane Duffy for the remainder of his loan after Nottingham Forest cooled their interest in the Brighton man.
Rangers, meanwhile, are searching for a way to get Scott Wright in from Aberdeen this month. The forward is poised to sign a pre-contract at Ibrox but the two clubs are in dialogue of bringing the move forward from the summer Ross.
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