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.
Watch Neil Lennon's Celtic press conference in full as boss pinpoints 'night and day' change leaving him bullish for Hibs clash
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon reckons the atmosphere in his squad is "night and day" compared to the last time the players returned from international duty.
Last month Lennon was left without four big players for a home derby against Rangers after Odsonne Edouard, Nir Bitton and Hatem Abd Elhamed all tested positive for Covid-19.
The fourth, Ryan Christie, recorded negative tests for the virus but was identified as a close contact of Scotland team-mate and former Hoops midfielder Stuart Armstrong.
Mohamed Elyounoussi and Kris Ajer were caught up in more chaos while with Norway this month but they will be okay to play Hibs on Saturday after returning home early and the Parkhead boss is just glad to get through the break - the last in Europe until March - with.
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