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.
Charlie Nicholas predicts Celtic 'stumble' as worried pundit opens up on his 2 key concerns
dailyrecord.co.ukCharlie Nicholas believes the Premiership champions will have a real 'problem' with playing competitive matches without fans.
The Sky Sports pundit reckons Neil Lennon 's side will find it more difficult than most in adapting to life without their adoring public roaring them on to start the season.
And concerned Nicholas insists his former side haven't been active enough in the transfer market ahead of their Premiership opener against Hamilton on Sunday.
It comes with Celtic closing in a double deal for £5.5m keeper Vasilios Barkas and a season-long agreement for West Ham forward Albian Ajeti.
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