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.
Albian Ajeti makes instant Celtic impression as chuffed Neil Lennon raves about striker
dailyrecord.co.ukAlbian Ajeti is in line for a quick-fire debut in Tuesday's crunch Champions League qualifier against Reykjavík. The Swiss international sealed his £5m switch from West Ham last week and has been training with the Premiership champions in recent days.
And delighted Neil Lennon has revealed his the 23-year-old could feature from the bench against the Icelandic champions in the first round qualifier.
He said: "He’ll be in the squad but he’s not ready to start. He’s got a bit more work to do.“I think he’ll be a very good signing for us going forward.
I think he’s a natural goalscorer."But one man who won't be playing at Parkhead this week is Leigh Griffiths with the striker still on the sidelines after a recent calf strain.
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