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.
5 things we spotted from Celtic's training Twilight Zone as Karamoko Dembele searches for starring role
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic fan who has found themselves off the grid in recent times? Yes, there's a host of smiling faces in the images from a snow covered Lennoxtown but regulars such as Scott Brown, Odsonne Edouard and Leigh Griffiths are nowhere to be seen - an absent follower could only assume a mass fire sale had occured.
But the skeleton squad on display isn't some great unknown mystery - the problems they face all stem from the ill-fated trip to Dubai.
Christopher Jullien's positive test and the subsequent demand that 13 first team stars plus Neil Lennon and John Kennedy to self isolate is the kind of alternate reality no one could have predicted pre-pandemic.
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