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 eye defender transfer as Neil Lennon determined to dampen Christopher Jullien injury blow
dailyrecord.co.ukChristopher Jullien.The Frenchman is facing three to four months out after damaging his knee in the 3-0 win against Dundee United last week.The big defender suffered a wince inducing collision with a Celtic Park goalpost when making a clearance before being stretchered off.And Lennon will now look to bring in another player to compliment his defensive options.Lennon said: “It is an area where we will probably look to bring someone in.“He is going to be out for a few months.
He has ruptured ligaments in his knee. Obviously that was a blow coming in to the game but I thought we were good.“I was happy with the team, we had plans in place for later in the game but the red card changed that.
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