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.
Graeme Souness told Ange Postecoglou to use Celtic as his pathway to England long before he signed up at Spurs, according to the BBC's Chick Young.
Postecoglou won five out of six trophies in his two years at Parkhead, rapidly turning their fortunes around after Neil Lennon left the club in disarray.
An impressive domestic Treble earned him his move to Tottenham where he is aiming to turnaround another club entrenched in turmoil.The Australian had his doubters early on given his relatively low profile in the UK at the time, but he quickly proved them all wrong to earn a crack at the English Premier League.
It was in those early days though that Young reveals he first met Rangers hero Souness, who had a few choice words of advice about his long-term future.Young revealed on BBC Sportsound: "I had interviewed Ange a few times, but I wasn't really sure he was aware of who I was.
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