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.
Celtic could use some transfer urgency but they hold a key advantage in quest to land No.1 target - Chris Sutton
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has started getting all of the old faces back into training at Lennoxtown.It’s important now he begins getting some new ones into the building quickly as well.With six weeks to go at least until the Ladbrokes Premiership restarts and the prospect of the European qualifiers being pushed back to a far later date than usual this year, there is no need for panic or alarm at this stage.The manager has already said that a couple of recruitment meetings have taken place in the past week or so, so the plans are obviously being drawn up.But, having previously felt Celtic were in a good position with their squad without needing any improvements if they could sustain their current crop of players going into 2020/21, a couple of releases.
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