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.
Virgil van Dijk Celtic 'bite' claim as Ryan Stevenson left annoyed by current Hoops star for 'rolling about'
dailyrecord.co.ukVirgil van Dijk bit him when they played against each other. And he feels the mentality of the current Parkhead defence is miles off what it used to be after their 10 In A Row quest was given another jolt in a shock draw at home to St Johnstone.Chris Kane looked to have Saints on the road to victory with a strike 11 minutes from time but Mohamed Elyounoussi came off the bench to steal a point.
That's of little comfort to under-pressure Neil Lennon though and Stevenson pointed to an incident involving Kane and French Hoops defender Christopher Jullien to explain how some Celtic players aren't competing like champions.
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