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.
Vasilis Barkas makes Celtic backline prediction as keeper reveals Parkhead mentality shift
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon handed debuts to Shane Duffy, David Turnbull and Ismaila Soro as his team routed County, while Albian Ajeti scored his third Premiership goal in three games.Barkas says he and the new boys are learning more with each passing day and the performances are only going to improve as their understanding grows.
He said: “We’re going to become better the more we find ourselves on the field and get used to each other.“We need to have some time because we are 11 different people who started.“Maybe some of the other players who were involved have played together in the past but not all of us at the same time.“All of my team-mates are very good players and I am very happy for this because when you go into a big club, you like to see big.
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